Euthanasia is the action of inducing a quiet easy death there are several ways in which this can be done. They are suicide, assisted suicide, and voluntary euthanasia, non- voluntary euthanasia, not striving to keep alive and double effects.
Euthanasia is illegal in Britain. There have been many attempts to convince parliament for legalising euthanasia. If euthanasia could have been legal in 1969 people over the age of 18 provided that two doctors believed the patient to be suffering from a serious physical illness.
There are characters that give there opinion about euthanasia. What Dot thinks is that euthanasia is a major sin that can not be forgiven by God. The Vicar believes that God can only give and take someone’s life, Pauline thinks that euthanasia is wrong, so what Dot had done to Ethel didn’t help she says “she is old and confused”, Pauline’s oldest son Mark, Mark thinks that euthanasia shouldn’t be done if you don’t need it, but if you are in real in pain then it is alright to do euthanasia. This character has a HIV virus.
“Eastenders” didn’t cover the euthanasia issue in a fair and balanced way. But there were views from both sides about euthanasia said by the characters. If it did happen for real Dot would have been arrested when she confessed to the crime. This showed that it’s difficult to judge euthanasia the way in which Dot acted. Legal situations weren’t dealt properly for the show.
aiii) The film “critical choices” looks at abortion in the USA. A young woman called Amy wants an abortion because she felt that she was unable to afford the expenses for another baby. She goes to the clinic for her abortion, but ends end going back home because of a big protest against abortion by Christians.
Some Christians have different views about abortion. Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants believe abortion is wrong, these people believe this because it goes against Christian teachings on the sanctity of life. Christians also believe that life begins at conception. They believe that every human has a right to live. Other Protestants (Church of England and Methodists) disagree with abortion, but think it should be aloud at certain circumstances such as; if a child is handicapped, the mother’s life is at risk or if the woman becomes pregnant due to rape.
On the film studied; we were told about the way in which people are educated about abortion. The methods and ways it is done; posters are put up notifying people of illegal abortions, and autobiographies of women who have been pregnant at an early age, Supporter said: “we want a life with the freedom to make choices” and Amy says: I’m so close to graduating. I want to get out of this neighbourhood.
We were told about peoples arguments against abortion and the book written by Reverent Flood titled; “This Unholy Massacre of Unborn Babies”. We heard Amy’s husbands’ story where he thought the decisions should have also been his about the abortion of his unborn baby, protesters saying: “it’s not your body, its God’s body” and “butchers… baby killers… murderers”.
In other aspects the film isn’t as balanced on the argument as the Christians are shown as being violent; where most Christians feel discriminated by this, But Arlene’s (she is against abortion) character does come across being very peaceful.
The film could have covered the issue better by not making the scenes violent and equalling the balance of arguments for and against abortion.
B). Introduction
Disagree with this quote because some presenters and characters are up-to date with the world.
The “Beginners guide to Islam” it was shown on BBC, and explained what Islam is about. This programme is made for non-Muslims. This documentary is presented by Prince Naseem. The famous boxer comes across very well in the documentary talking honestly and openly about Islam which religion he is. He wears, up-to date the clothing; he is also looks very comfortable in front of the camera. This programme shows that Prince Naseem has a strong belief in Islam. The language he uses is very informal and very easy to understand for the people that have watched the documentary. He is very natural and doesn’t put on an act in front of the camera. Prince Naseem also helps viewers to watch this documentary because he is young and famous. The other person in this programme is Dr Zaki Baduwi this man is a scholar he also comes across well in this programme. He is very knowledgeable about Islam and explains all the information and key things about Islam. He doesn’t talk a lot about culture, He is not very fashionable like Prince Naseem, and this is what makes him out of touch with the modern world. This documentary shows religious people and religion of Islam in a good way and respect. This is because it has a young, fashionable person init and also a very well knowledge person introducing the documentary. The programme is well made due to the music and graphics to make this. It feels modern and hip.
A cartoon programme that I watched was “The Simpson’s” In this programme there are several religious characters, Ned Flanders, Marge Simpson and Reverend Lovejoy. I think that Ned Flanders is out if touch with the modern world because he is old-fashioned and when it comes to doing something wrong in his religion (Christian) he would panic, Ned Flanders is obsessed for his religion this is what has makes him a easy target for example when he does anything wrong he panics and phones the Reverend. The Reverend Lovejoy is another character who is tedious. He finds it complex to relate with the people in the show. He has lost his enthusiasm for his religion due to doing his job for the length of time. A different character is Marge Simpson, Marge Simpson is not out of touch with the modern world because the way she dresses and she is able to communicate with all the characters, and this is what makes her understanding when people get things wrong. She is also kind, thoughtful and loving to her family and others in this show.
A different programme with religious characters is Father Ted. This is a comedy programme about three catholic priests in Ireland. The main character is in this comedy programme is Father Ted, and he is an ok guy for the job that he does in the comedy show. He is less clueless than the others and also more knowledge; he knows what happens in the outside world. Father Ted cares about his religion for example in the show I had watched he raises money for charity. There is also Mrs Doyle in the comedy show she is the housekeeper, she is very out of touch with the modern world, she looks very Manish, and she does not care what happens to the others. For example nearly chocking her self on the sandwich and then saying it is fine. Mrs Doyle is also is greedy and does not like to put money to waste when she doesn’t get the ticket that she wants even though it is for charity. Father Jack doesn’t look like a priest in this show because he is very aggressive this is due to being drunk, this guy is out of touch due to the alcohol drinking, I think he doesn’t care that he is a priest. Father Dougall has no common sense he also is plain and simple, he does has no idea about fashion he is sowing the audience this by his clothing and hair style. The characters in the programme are very out of touch with the modern world.
Another film is East is East. This is about an Asian Muslim family who have a white mum. They live in Salford in the North of England. The main character is the father (George Khan). George believes in arranged marriages. In a way he is up-to date because he marries a British white woman, but he also out of date due to buying old stuff for bargains and he also wants his children to have arranged marriages this is what breaks up his family by doing the old traditions. His children don’t want arranged marriages and will do all they can to stop the marriages taking place.
Conclusion
My research shows that I disagree with the quote. I have noticed this in my research by that in comedy and cartoon programmes the characters act silly and are out of fashion, but when there is a documentary on television the characters come across as very well in touch of the modern world and what people do, say and wear.
