Poet's Corner

[CharleyMike]

What, then, should we do with this poor woman?

Treat her for her mental illness, then release her to suffer her guilt until death?

Incarcerate her in an institution for the insane for the remainder of her days?

Put her out of her misery as a compassionate mercy?

In her saner moments, she must suffer horrible guilt. Do we want to punish her by treating her illness and thus making her suffer?

In her less lucid moments who knows what she might again be capable of.

I vote for euthanasia. We do it for pets, we do it for animals, why are we so reluctant to administer mercy to a human who so desperately requires it?