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Saturday, 13 December 2008

R.I.P. Craig Ewert

And may God forgive you and those who "aided" you.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_televised_suicide

Britain's obsession with reality television reached new heights — or depths — Wednesday night with the broadcast of the assisted suicide of the 59-year-old terminally ill American at a Swiss clinic.

Showing the final moment of death had long been a final taboo, even for no-holds-barred British TV, where sex and violence are common, and the broadcast unleashed debate on an issue that strongly divides public opinion.

Photographs of Ewert's final moments dominated Britain's newspaper front pages Wednesday — "SUICIDE TV" screamed one tabloid

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