Newsgroup: it.cultura.religioni
Titolo: sesso prima di morire - problemi etici e religiosi ? [interessante]

Leggo quasi tutti i giorni un ottimo quotidiano USA on line
http://worldnetdaily.com/
che presenta una selezione dei migliori articoli della stampa inglese
(tende un po' verso i repubblicani ma e' veramente ben fatto).
Mi e' capitato  oggi di leggere un articolo riguardo ad un caso capitato in
australia.
Un ragazzo di 15 anni, malato terminale di tumore e inguaribile , ha
espresso il desiderio di provare almeno una volta a fare l'amore, prima di
morire.
Il suo desiderio e' stato soddisfatto,, ma si e' dovuti ricorrere ad una
prostituta.
La situazione ha diviso l'opinione pubblica australiana fra coloro che erano
favorevoli all'esperienza e coloro che non lo erano (speriamo pochi, non e'
precisato).
La cosa mi ha colpito, perche' quando avevo pressapoco quell'eta' il mio
migliore amico e compagno di banco si ammalo' di tumore e mori' senza poter
soddisfare quel desiderio, che aveva tante volte espresso, e io oggi mi
pento di non essere riuscito a far qualcosa allora (del resto ero molto
giovane pure e non sapevo come fare).
Io sono TOTALMENTE favorevole al fargli fare quell'esperienza. Mi dispiace e
mi meraviglia solo che in questi casi si debba ricorrere ad una prostituta,
come e' stato fatto. Spiace assai che fra tutte le infermiere e amiche delle
infermiere non vi fosse neppure un'anima buona femminile, senza dover
ricorrere a mercenarie.
Del resto, a proposito del mio amico ammalato, anche fra le compagne di
scuola a cui raccontai il suo desiderio, non trovai nessuna che fosse
disposta. In vacanza, e non solo, pero' non si facevano problemi di
sorta.... Il mio amico e' morto senza neanche un bacio. Questo mi dispiace.
Mi piacerebbe sentire, se ce ne sono (ma spero di no), pareri contrari su
far provare questa esperienza a un ragazzo in quelle condizioni
Riporto l'intero articolo di seguito (in inglese, ma penso di aver chiarito
il contenuto per chi non sappia l'inglese)
saluti
Australians debate ethics of dying boy's wish for sex
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Benjamin Errett
National Post
A terminally ill boy had his dying wish granted in Australia this month, but
ethicists are still at odds over whether it was the right thing to do.
The wish was not for a trip to Disneyland or to meet a famous sports star.
Instead, the 15-year-old wanted to lose his virginity before he died of
cancer.
The boy, who remains anonymous but was called Jack by the Australian media,
did not want his parents to know about his request. Because of his many
years spent in hospital, he had no girlfriend or female friends.
Jack died last week, but not before having his last wish granted. Without
the knowledge of his parents or hospital staff, friends arranged an
encounter with a prostitute outside of hospital premises. All precautions
were taken and the organizers made sure the act was fully consensual.
The issue has sparked fierce debate over the legal and ethical implications
of granting the boy's request. By law, Jack was still a child, and the woman
involved could in theory face charges for having sex with a minor.
The debate was sparked by the hospital's child psychologist, who wrote a
letter to Life Matters, a radio show in which academics debate ethical and
moral dilemmas. The scenario was presented in the abstract, with no details
about the boy's identity.
"He had been sick for quite a long period and his schooling was very
disrupted, so he hadn't had many opportunities to acquire and retain
friends, and his access to young women was pretty poor," the psychologist
said recently in an interview with Australia's The Daily Telegraph. "But he
was very interested in young women and was experiencing that surge of
testosterone that teenage boys have."
Hospital staff initially wanted to pool donations to pay for a prostitute,
but the ethical and legal implications prevented them from doing so. The
psychologist presented members of the clergy with the dilemma and found no
clear answer.
"It really polarized them," he said. "About half said, 'What's your
problem?' And the other half said [it] demeans women and reduces the sexual
act to being just a physical one."
Dr. Stephen Leeder, dean of medicine at the University of Sydney and a Life
Matters panellist, said the issue was a difficult one.
"I pointed out that public hospitals operated under the expectation that
they would abide by state law," he said. "While various things doubtless are
done that are at the edge of that, it's important the public has confidence
that the law will be followed."
Jack's psychologist, who works with children in palliative care, said the
desire was driven in part by a need for basic human contact.
"In a child dying over a long period of time, there is often a condition we
call 'skin hunger,' " he said. The terminally ill child yearns for
non-clinical contact because "mostly when people touch them, it's to do
something unpleasant, something that might hurt."
Dr. Leeder called the diagnosis "improbable."
Judy Lumby, the show's other panellist and the executive director of the New
South Wales College of Nursing, argued the details as presented made it
abundantly clear the boy's wish ought to be granted. "I said that I would
try my darndest as a nurse to do whatever I could to make sure his wish came
true," she said.
"I just think we are so archaic in the way we treat people in institutions.
Certainly, if any of my three daughters were dying, I'd do whatever I could
and I'm sure that you would, too."
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011222/944024.html

 precisato).
LA genta i cazzi suoi nn se li fa mai.
Proprio nn bisogna aver di meglio da fare.


non so se ho capito bene, ma interpreto l'esternazione come un parere
contrario al desiderio del ragazzo morente. A mio laico avviso se e' questa
l'empatia cui porta la carita' cristiana o la benevolenza di qualsiasi altro
credo, allora si spiega bene la dis-empatia che si fa i cazzi propri quando
gli altri stanno male, si tratti di fame, o di altra cosa. Insomma, i
cristiani si fanno i cazzi propri. Casomai, non so, ma caso mai tornasse
colui di cui usurpano il nome, allora avranno questi cristiani avranno posto
alla sua sinistra (vediamo se cogliete la citazione).
saluti, buon Natale o buone feste  a tutti

 saluti, buon Natale o buone feste  a tutti
Buon Yule (un po' in ritardo)

 ricorrere a mercenarie.
Non e' cosi' facile come sembra dall'esterno, sai.
Nebo