Woman "Happier Than Ever" after blinding herself.
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I notice that quite a lot of threads on this forum seem to be about eyesight.
http://kfor.com/2015/10/01/woman-says-she-is-happi...
A 30-year-old woman from North Carolina who has always wanted to be blind is "happier than ever" after putting drain cleaner in her eyes and blinding herself.
The article says she has "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" which I assume is something like Body Dysmorphia. It's a real ethical dilemma as to whether it's right or wrong to allow or assist people to mutilate themselves in the aim of satisfying what is in essence a mental disorder.
http://kfor.com/2015/10/01/woman-says-she-is-happi...
A 30-year-old woman from North Carolina who has always wanted to be blind is "happier than ever" after putting drain cleaner in her eyes and blinding herself.
The article says she has "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" which I assume is something like Body Dysmorphia. It's a real ethical dilemma as to whether it's right or wrong to allow or assist people to mutilate themselves in the aim of satisfying what is in essence a mental disorder.
When I read it the first thing that leapt to my mind was that whilst I might think it's a pretty f
ked up thing to do, I don't claim to understand the psychology behind it.
However, there are undoubtedly a lot of blind people who would like to be able to see, so you'd have thought and hoped that if she really did want to lose the gift of sight she might have been able to do it in a slightly more useful way than having drain cleaner poured in her eyes.
No doubt "the system" wouldn't allow anything else but my god what a st show.
ked up thing to do, I don't claim to understand the psychology behind it.However, there are undoubtedly a lot of blind people who would like to be able to see, so you'd have thought and hoped that if she really did want to lose the gift of sight she might have been able to do it in a slightly more useful way than having drain cleaner poured in her eyes.
No doubt "the system" wouldn't allow anything else but my god what a s
t show.I don't really struggle with an ethical dilemma on these ones-
1. If it isn't her body to do with as she pleases, who's body are you claiming it is? 1-0 to the woman.
2. What are you proposing instead, physical restraint for the rest of her life? That's worse. 2-0 to the woman.
And I won't accept a circular definition of insanity just on the grounds that she wants to do this, assuming she is otherwise sane. You'll have to do better than that given that some variant of 2 is on the cards...
1. If it isn't her body to do with as she pleases, who's body are you claiming it is? 1-0 to the woman.
2. What are you proposing instead, physical restraint for the rest of her life? That's worse. 2-0 to the woman.
And I won't accept a circular definition of insanity just on the grounds that she wants to do this, assuming she is otherwise sane. You'll have to do better than that given that some variant of 2 is on the cards...
grumbledoak said:
I don't really struggle with an ethical dilemma on these ones-
1. If it isn't her body to do with as she pleases, who's body are you claiming it is? 1-0 to the woman.
2. What are you proposing instead, physical restraint for the rest of her life? That's worse. 2-0 to the woman.
And I won't accept a circular definition of insanity just on the grounds that she wants to do this, assuming she is otherwise sane. You'll have to do better than that given that some variant of 2 is on the cards...
I think assistance to do it in a safe manner, donating the eyes/whatever to science and medicine would have been a pretty good step.1. If it isn't her body to do with as she pleases, who's body are you claiming it is? 1-0 to the woman.
2. What are you proposing instead, physical restraint for the rest of her life? That's worse. 2-0 to the woman.
And I won't accept a circular definition of insanity just on the grounds that she wants to do this, assuming she is otherwise sane. You'll have to do better than that given that some variant of 2 is on the cards...
Meoricin said:
I think assistance to do it in a safe manner, donating the eyes/whatever to science and medicine would have been a pretty good step.
I would put that second to talking her out of it but, yes, doing it safely has got to be better than her doing it on her own with drain cleaner.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff