Sunday, April 18, 2010

Anticipation Guide

Feeling responsible for someone else can be a burden.
Agree.
I agree for example in cases such as when young children are forced to look after their disabled or ill parents, it's a burden. These children are around 11 or 12 and have to be responsible for themselves as well as another human being, who fully depends on them. These children don't have a childhood and are made to grow up very young. It's not fair on them and they shouldn't feel they have to look after their parents so young, even adults struggle coping with the responsibility of another human.

It's more acceptable for women to love their female friends than for males to love their male friends.
Agree.
Men are more conscious of showing their feelings in case their pride is damaged. They may care about each other but showing it is considered 'uncool'. For women however it's considered the norm for them to greet each other with a kiss or a hug. Both care for their friends but have different ways of showing it, for women it's a lot easier as they won't be criticised or ridiculed but for men it's harder to show affection without the criticism . This isn't the same in all cultures, for example in France both men and women greet each other with a kiss. It depends on the culture but in ours, I can't see this changing.

Sometimes killing another person can be justified.
Agree.
At the end of the day it's the person's choice, if they feel their life's not worth living any more, it's not your life to prolong. For example if there's no chance of recovery and the road to death involves a lot of pain, it's kinder on the person to end the suffering as they can't end it themselves. What I feel is wrong, is when the ill patient asked another person to help them to die, assisted suicide, and the person left behind is jailed for carrying out someone else's wish. They weren't a coward and did what they thought would be safer for them, they did what the patient wanted, which was respecting them. Respecting someone shouldn't end up in a prison sentence.