{"id":6831,"date":"2012-01-24T04:52:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T04:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=6831"},"modified":"2012-01-24T04:59:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T04:59:58","slug":"a-test-of-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/a-test-of-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"A Test of Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Locked-in-Syndrome-91.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Locked-in-Syndrome-91-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Locked in Syndrome 9\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Locked-in-Syndrome-91-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Locked-in-Syndrome-91.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Count me skeptical whether there is a \u2018right\u2019 to die, or a right to very much else for that matter, but a truly humane society would not force <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.myway.com\/article\/20120123\/D9SEM1681.html\">this<\/a> helpless man to go to the courts for the relief he seeks: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>LONDON (AP) &#8211; Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time. Seven years ago, he suffered a paralyzing stroke. Today he can only move his head, cannot speak and needs constant care.<\/p>\n<p>And he wants to die.<\/p>\n<p>To try to ensure that whoever ends his life won&#8217;t be jailed, the 57-year-old Nicklinson recently asked Britain&#8217;s High Court to declare that any doctor who gives him a lethal injection with his consent won&#8217;t be charged with murder. This week, the court will hold its first hearing on the case<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Count me skeptical whether there is a \u2018right\u2019 to die, or a right to very much else for that matter, but a truly humane society would not force this helpless man to go to the courts for the relief he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/a-test-of-civilization\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9,711,21,13],"tags":[887,889,468],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6831"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6874,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6831\/revisions\/6874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}