{"id":2102,"date":"2015-05-26T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2015-05-26T12:28:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T12:28:41","slug":"never-say-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/05\/never-say-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Never say die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No one has the right to kill themselves, no what pain or indignities they must endure in their wretched lives.<br \/>\nThe news that a 54 year old man facing paralysis because of a tumour on his spine has ended his own life illustrates that life has changed from being fundamental to being a something like a consumer product, or packaging, and dispodable.<br \/>\nThis man had apparently researched his own illness and found no cure, so saw no hope.<br \/>\nWhat a wimp! The only survivors in the end will be those who never say die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one has the right to kill themselves, no what pain or indignities they must endure in their wretched lives. The news that a 54 year old man facing paralysis because of a tumour on his spine has ended his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/05\/never-say-die\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-xU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":314,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/09\/u2-to-stay-together-until-they-die\/","url_meta":{"origin":2102,"position":0},"title":"U2 to Stay Together Until They Die","author":"taxicle","date":"September 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Get on with it then and die.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2044,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/03\/dont-leave-them-to-die\/","url_meta":{"origin":2102,"position":1},"title":"Don&#8217;t leave them to die","author":"taxicle","date":"March 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Nigel farage wants people coming to the UK from outside Europe to have health insurance and no access to the NHS. 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