April 2012
25 posts
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In the movie The Incredibles, superhero Mr. Incredible (and apparently the government) is sued for saving the life of an attempted suicide:
Oliver Sansweet’s lawyer: Mr. Sansweet didn’t ask to be saved. Mr. Sansweet didn’t want to be saved. And the injuries received from Mr. Incredible’s ‘actions,’ so-called, cause him daily pain.
Mr. Incredible: [lunging toward Sansweet] Hey, I saved your life!
Oliver Sansweet: You didn’t save my life, you ruined my death, that’s what you did!
” —From my Constitutional Law textbook in the notes for Washington v. Glucksberg, a case about physician-assisted suicide. (via shatrabell)
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Wye Oak
Baby teeth and jewelry. [x]
Islands
The xx
I am yours now
So now I don’t ever have to leave
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”
—Walter Bagehot (via liberalforever)
“Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.”
—Honore de Balzac (via thelastsupperafterparty)
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