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Dave W.
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Posted - 03/12/2015 :  08:44:00  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
From his Twitter feed:
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.
And then:
Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
Crap.

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Kil
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Posted - 03/12/2015 :  08:59:03   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Dave W.

From his Twitter feed:
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.
And then:
Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
Crap.
Bummer.

Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

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marfknox
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Posted - 03/13/2015 :  10:47:09   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit marfknox's Homepage  Send marfknox an AOL message Send marfknox a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My husband, a huge Terry Pratchett fan, had this to say about it and this article to link to:

And this is why physician assisted suicide should be legal in all 50 states, not just 3.

From his Richard Dimbleby lecture in 2010:
The lecture saw Pratchett go on to admit his vow that "rather than let Alzheimer's take me, I would take it. I would live my life as ever to the full and die, before the disease mounted its last attack, in my own home, in a chair on the lawn, with a brandy in my hand to wash down whatever modern version of the 'Brompton cocktail' some helpful medic could supply. And with Thomas Tallis on my iPod, I would shake hands with Death."

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/feb/02/terry-pratchett-assisted-suicide-tribunal

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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf

USA
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Posted - 03/14/2015 :  11:54:14   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit ThorGoLucky's Homepage Send ThorGoLucky a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I should finally get around to reading Terry Pratchett...if I ever exit my non-fiction phase.
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