What is hacking you off today?

[OldBlueLady]

Hacking me off and making me very sad at the same time, what a terribly sad situation:

17-year-old Dutch rape victim ends life using legal euthanasia
Noa Pothoven, suffering from mental illness caused by rape and molestation as a child, made the decision to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic in the Netherlands. Approved under Dutch law, which requires a doctor to sign off on end of life decisions after determining a patient's suffering is unbearable, the 17-year-old ended her life Sunday through legal euthanization.
A 17-year-old girl who wrote a book about her struggle with mental illness after being molested and raped has been euthanized in the Netherlands, where she lived and assisted-suicide is legal.

Reports say Noa Pothoven chose to end her life Sunday with the assistance of an end of life clinic, Inside Edition reported.

Under Netherlands law, a doctor has to sign off on the decision after concluding that the patient’s suffering is unbearable and likely to continue, the news outlet reported.

“I deliberated for quite a while whether or not I should share this, but decided to do it anyway,” she wrote on Instagram on the day before her death, according to Inside Edition. “Maybe this comes as a surprise to some, given my posts about hospitalization, but my plan has been there for a long time and is not impulsive.”

Noa said she had been fighting for years and was now “drained,” and that she felt she had never been alive but was instead just “surviving.”

“I have quit eating and drinking for a while now, and after many discussions and evaluations, it was decided to let me go because my suffering is unbearable,” Pothoven wrote, according to Inside Edition. “Love is letting go, in this case.”

The teen from Amhem suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anorexia after being molested when she was 11 and 12 and raped by two men when she was 14, The Sun reported.

She reported the attacks to police last year.

Noa wrote about her struggles in “Winning and Learning.”

Her mother, according to Dutch law, had a say in her daughter’s decision, according to The Sun.

 

[Mad Cyril]

The Tory voters of Rayleigh screaming for public money to be spent on CCTV now that teenage crime in the area is on the up.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Hacking me off and making me very sad at the same time, what a terribly sad situation:

17-year-old Dutch rape victim ends life using legal euthanasia
Noa Pothoven, suffering from mental illness caused by rape and molestation as a child, made the decision to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic in the Netherlands. Approved under Dutch law, which requires a doctor to sign off on end of life decisions after determining a patient's suffering is unbearable, the 17-year-old ended her life Sunday through legal euthanization.
A 17-year-old girl who wrote a book about her struggle with mental illness after being molested and raped has been euthanized in the Netherlands, where she lived and assisted-suicide is legal.

Reports say Noa Pothoven chose to end her life Sunday with the assistance of an end of life clinic, Inside Edition reported.

Under Netherlands law, a doctor has to sign off on the decision after concluding that the patient’s suffering is unbearable and likely to continue, the news outlet reported.

“I deliberated for quite a while whether or not I should share this, but decided to do it anyway,” she wrote on Instagram on the day before her death, according to Inside Edition. “Maybe this comes as a surprise to some, given my posts about hospitalization, but my plan has been there for a long time and is not impulsive.”

Noa said she had been fighting for years and was now “drained,” and that she felt she had never been alive but was instead just “surviving.”

“I have quit eating and drinking for a while now, and after many discussions and evaluations, it was decided to let me go because my suffering is unbearable,” Pothoven wrote, according to Inside Edition. “Love is letting go, in this case.”

The teen from Amhem suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anorexia after being molested when she was 11 and 12 and raped by two men when she was 14, The Sun reported.

She reported the attacks to police last year.

Noa wrote about her struggles in “Winning and Learning.”

Her mother, according to Dutch law, had a say in her daughter’s decision, according to The Sun.

That is so sad. Having a 17 year old daughter myself, it's unthinkable that all this happened and ended up like this.

 

[Napster]

Hacking me off and making me very sad at the same time, what a terribly sad situation:

17-year-old Dutch rape victim ends life using legal euthanasia
Noa Pothoven, suffering from mental illness caused by rape and molestation as a child, made the decision to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic in the Netherlands. Approved under Dutch law, which requires a doctor to sign off on end of life decisions after determining a patient's suffering is unbearable, the 17-year-old ended her life Sunday through legal euthanization.
A 17-year-old girl who wrote a book about her struggle with mental illness after being molested and raped has been euthanized in the Netherlands, where she lived and assisted-suicide is legal.

Reports say Noa Pothoven chose to end her life Sunday with the assistance of an end of life clinic, Inside Edition reported.

Under Netherlands law, a doctor has to sign off on the decision after concluding that the patient’s suffering is unbearable and likely to continue, the news outlet reported.

“I deliberated for quite a while whether or not I should share this, but decided to do it anyway,” she wrote on Instagram on the day before her death, according to Inside Edition. “Maybe this comes as a surprise to some, given my posts about hospitalization, but my plan has been there for a long time and is not impulsive.”

Noa said she had been fighting for years and was now “drained,” and that she felt she had never been alive but was instead just “surviving.”

“I have quit eating and drinking for a while now, and after many discussions and evaluations, it was decided to let me go because my suffering is unbearable,” Pothoven wrote, according to Inside Edition. “Love is letting go, in this case.”

The teen from Amhem suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anorexia after being molested when she was 11 and 12 and raped by two men when she was 14, The Sun reported.

She reported the attacks to police last year.

Noa wrote about her struggles in “Winning and Learning.”

Her mother, according to Dutch law, had a say in her daughter’s decision, according to The Sun.

It wasn't euthanasia.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1136189899672084480

 

[MK Shrimper]

It wasn't euthanasia.

The lazy journalism standards in the world since the invention of the Internet.

 

[GBJ]

The lazy journalism standards in the world since the invention of the Internet.

Agree, wholly. and without wanting to sound too apathetic, I don’t see this changing any time in the near future, whilst there is so much money to be made from selling headlines, regardless of how true they are.

As you eluded, with the rise of the internet and social media, we have more news “outlets” than ever before, so the catchment has gotten smaller, meaning that some journo’s are willing to do/say literally anything, as long as it garners attention for their “outlet”.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Agree, wholly. and without wanting to sound too apathetic, I don’t see this changing any time in the near future, whilst there is so much money to be made from selling headlines, regardless of how true they are.

As you eluded, with the rise of the internet and social media, we have more news “outlets” than ever before, so the catchment has gotten smaller, meaning that some journo’s are willing to do/say literally anything, as long as it garners attention for their “outlet”.

Nope, it'll probably get worse. Even the "trusted" outlets of news are guilty of pointless clickbait headlines.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Wow, just wow. At least when you used to read the newspaper in the morning you had no reason to doubt articles - however sensationalised a headline may have been.

 

[GBJ]

Wow, just wow. At least when you used to read the newspaper in the morning you had no reason to doubt articles - however sensationalised a headline may have been.

Personally, I gave up reading newspapers a few years ago. If I ever read one now, it’s the odd occasion that someone in work has brought one in. And whilst I briefly scan through it, it’s patently obvious to see how the general public get corralled into forming their opinions.

Side note: Whilst the journalism in this country is at, IMO, an all-time low, have you ever actually looked at those type of magazines that are aimed at women? You know the type, they’re normally called Take A Break, or Women’s Own, or something daft like that.

These things are the epitome of people being conned. Genuinely, some of the weirdest stuff I’ve ever read in print form (and I’ve been on this site for over 10-years)

I was going through one of these magazines a few weeks ago, (one of my female colleagues lives by these) and happened upon a feature, that was simply incredible. It’s similar to Dear Deirdre, where you write in your problems, and the columnist offers advice. Only, this isn’t just a normal advisor, this columnist was also one of those charlatans who can communicate with the dead.

She’d received a (43-word) letter asking for advice concerning her sister, who was acting strange lately. Long story short, this fruitcake columnist had deciphered that the writer had a sister with a gambling problem, because their dead dad had told her so.

And people actually believe this. Barking mad

 

[Mad Cyril]

I read the Echo for the slang, spelling and grammatical errors.

I am convinced some of their writers were excluded from school.

That said they are intellectual powerhouses compared to many regular commentators below the line.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Wow, just wow. At least when you used to read the newspaper in the morning you had no reason to doubt articles - however sensationalised a headline may have been.

Really? Left or right, they all spun lies or twisted the truth to their own ends.

 

[blues exile]

Daily Mail, spreading fake news from 1896 so nothing new there

 

[MK Shrimper]

MK Jnr's school trip to The Living Rainforest has been cancelled.

 

[KevinJH]

From yesterday really but still ticking me off; Emily Maitlis. Has to be one of the absolute worst interviewers on the Beeb. Ask's a question and before the guest has uttered half a dozen words she butt's in and goes off at a tangent......

 

[RobM]

Spurious apostrophe's.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I read the Echo for the slang, spelling and grammatical errors.

I am convinced some of their writers were excluded from school.

That said they are intellectual powerhouses compared to many regular commentators below the line.

I was in the Print Industry for 22 years 73-95, when it was still a skilled profession.
In that time, 'Readers' were employed to check every story for the errors you mention, & they were then sent back to the keyboard 'tappers' to correct them.
But the time came, when 'those upstairs who know best???' decided to do away with the 'Readers' to save money.
Hence the shocking amount of typo errors read on a daily basis.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

England defenders are hacking me off royally today. Some schoolboy defending tonight!

 

[Benfleet A1]

Personally, I gave up reading newspapers a few years ago. If I ever read one now, it’s the odd occasion that someone in work has brought one in. And whilst I briefly scan through it, it’s patently obvious to see how the general public get corralled into forming their opinions.

Side note: Whilst the journalism in this country is at, IMO, an all-time low, have you ever actually looked at those type of magazines that are aimed at women? You know the type, they’re normally called Take A Break, or Women’s Own, or something daft like that.

These things are the epitome of people being conned. Genuinely, some of the weirdest stuff I’ve ever read in print form (and I’ve been on this site for over 10-years)

I was going through one of these magazines a few weeks ago, (one of my female colleagues lives by these) and happened upon a feature, that was simply incredible. It’s similar to Dear Deirdre, where you write in your problems, and the columnist offers advice. Only, this isn’t just a normal advisor, this columnist was also one of those charlatans who can communicate with the dead.

She’d received a (43-word) letter asking for advice concerning her sister, who was acting strange lately. Long story short, this fruitcake columnist had deciphered that the writer had a sister with a gambling problem, because their dead dad had told her so.

And people actually believe this. Barking mad

Probably made up. There is a certain poster who lurks on here who got published in The Sun. Complete tosh made up in the post room he worked in. Boredom is a terrible thing.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Absent colleague update;

Her husband booked later flights with her knowledge and she's been unable to call or email from India to let us know.

Outrageous bull****!

 

[Mad Cyril]

Absent colleague update;

Her husband booked later flights with her knowledge and she's been unable to call or email from India to let us know.

Outrageous bull****!

Nobody likes a grass.