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05:47 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, 2002
A paralysed woman being kept alive on a ventilator has won the legal right to refuse treatment. This means that she can request the ventilator to be turned off, which will kill her.

It's not quite euthanasia, but it's a breakthrough. I'm glad she's been granted her wishes.
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05:38 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, 2002
I was as happy as everyone else to see two black actors win the awards for best actor and best actress, but I don't think that it's as big a landmark or a breakthrough as everyone seems to think. Two awards in one year is a start, but it remains to be seen whether it is a trend. And I hope it's more than even that - I hope it's the beginning of Hollywood realising that black people are just the same as white.

Thought that this item was interesting.
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Beth. UK. 25. Feminist. my site. my archives. my livejournal. my wishlist.. email. guestbook.

"practice random kindness and acts of senseless beauty"

go on... go out and do this now. leave some money in the coffee machine so someone gets a free drink. wash someone else's coffee mug in work without telling them. buy a friend flowers 'just because'. stick up a poem on a noticeboard. go and ask in an old people's home if there is anyone who doesn't ever get visitors and sit with them for a while. smile at a stranger. let someone pull out of a side street in front of you. call your mum or dad or grandparents to tell them you love them. make someone a cake. draw this saying and stick it on a noticeboard where people will see.

spread beauty through your life. you can change the world like this.

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