- LETTER TO SUN HERALD- J FERGUSON 07/09/06 (RESPONSE) -

Mr Ferguson, the author of the Herald Sun article headed A Dying Cause, published September 5th, 2006 - responded:

sandra kanck is beyond defending

to which my response was:

"sandra kanck is beyond defending" (no definitive clear thinking involved in this response, no signature)

I can't resist asking "is this a computer generated response because he does not have the professional ability to articulate his own response to the indefensible?"

The right for democracy and representatives of the Pro Choice advocates, regardless of differing viewpoints, to be heard with the respect we accord others.

I am assuming someone else launders his dirty washing, from this half liner comment. No considered and measured response involved in that comment - I can imagine it was emailed out in its hundreds.

Like the fresh faced young man without a health care in the world (yet). I took Mr Ferguson to be, when the going gets tough, he gets going!

Mary Walsh
www.yourchoiceindying.com

Mr Ferguson answered me accordingly:

hi mary,

you have tipped over into the realm of the offensive. if you had bothered to read kanck's speech you would know that she was telling depressed people how to kill themselves. i suppose you think that is acceptable. i don't. you make assumptions about me that you are very, very ill-equipped to make. you know nothing about my family history. you know nothing about my life experience. i would suggest you have zero understanding of mental health issues. or that you think they should take a back seat to the so-called ``right'' of people to choose the timing of their demise. the truth is, euthanasia is already widely undertaken across Australia every day. if you think otherwise, you are naive. further, i take the view that suffering is a central part of life and that if i have to suffer in the end then so be it. it's a big part of life. and - believe or not - an enormous opportunity for growth. mary, you have made assumptions about me and my family that are offensensive and ignorant. go away.

john ferguson


Choice did not respond to John Ferguson personally as I realised it would be pointless - I used my diary page 07/09/06 instead.

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