"Good Life. Good Death. Your Choice."

Assisted suicide group Final Exit Network plans billboards for N.J. and California

By The Associated Press

March 10, 2010, 1:47PM

Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune/MCTJerry Dincin is the new president of the Final Exit Network which offers counseling and assistance to people with medical conditions who want to end their life. He faces trial on a charge of helping a cancer patient kill himself.The leader of assisted suicide group Final Exit Network plans to put up billboards in New Jersey and California, as means of validating the group's work.

Jerry Dincin discussed the planned billboards as his group, Final Exit Network, prepares for a trial in Georgia after helping a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself.

Dincin said Tuesday they have been preparing for the trial for more than a year, and is "glad it's moving along."

He became the group's leader after then-president Ted Goodwin and three other members were arrested in February 2009. The four members and the group itself were indicted Tuesday by a Forsyth County grand jury.

Dincin said the billboards planned for New Jersey and California will read:

"Good Life. Good Death. Your Choice."

Final Exit Network - Georgia Four will be indicted on April 1

Friday March12, 2010

On Tuesday the Georgia prosecutor announced that the Georgia Four, arrested 14 months ago will be indicted on April 1. This is something we have been waiting for so that we can finally have our day in court.

To see the announcement which appears on CBS TV news click on:

Georgia Four Finally indicted

You will have to wait a moment for a TV ad but it will come on immediately.

Watch our web page for updates Final Exit Network

Regards

Jerry Dincin, President

"To establish that a mentally competent person, suffering from irreversible illness or intractable pain, has the right to end his or her life, and the right to choose the timing, method, help, and companion, free of any restrictions no matter how well intentioned"
The Ultimate Human Right of the 21st Century
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Conspicuous And Invidious Consumption

From The Motly Fool

The economist Thorstein Veblen is best known for the expression "conspicuous consumption" which describes the kind of lavish spending which is primarily performed for the purpose of displaying income and wealth. Veblen was arguably the first economist to look at luxury goods in any detail and he showed that a great deal of spending on luxury goods is for what he describes as "invidious consumption" where the purchaser intends to display the goods to create feelings of envy in those who see their purchases.

If you've sat through someone's wobbly videos and badly-shot photographs of their expensive holiday, it probably wasn't to give you any great insights into the local architecture and culture. Part of the reason for taking the holiday was for invidious consumption and the holidaymakers must tell others to make them envious! :-) Invidious consumption can be seen everywhere from people flashing their "bling" to telling your friends about your new pair of shoes ;-)

Someone who spends £500 on a bottle of wine does so, in part, to convince themselves that they are in an elite club. Just don't show them the research published in the April 2008 issue of the Journal of Wine Economics which showed that that the vast majority of wine consumers cannot tell the difference between cheap and expensive wines :-) Most people are better off with a £4.99 bottle from Tesco.

Conspicuous consumption and housing

In the U.S., a trend in 1950s towards large houses began, with the average size of a home about doubling over a period of 50 years. This trend has been compared to the rise of the SUV, also often a symbol of conspicuous consumption. **Such large homes can also facilitate other forms of consumption, in providing extra storage space for vehicles, clothes, and other objects. (!!)

** I find this both hilarious and sad at the same time. Just MHO.

Virtual Revolution: The Cost Of Free

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Virtual Revolution: The Cost Of Free
How commerce has been transformed by the online market.