” Die ? Not so simple”, the chronicle of Teresa Cremisi

11:00 a.m., October 13, 2022

We had the Covid, the images of intubations, unmade beds, hospital neon lights. We have since February the war in Ukraine and its photos of destruction and tortured bodies. But we are not at the end of our troubles, one more effort, other joys await us. In the middle of a winter that we are told will be harsh, a collective session of discussion and meditation on death will open. Sorry, end of life. The President wishes to launch a broad consultation on this; we can bet that it will be followed and that we will witness a large turnover of experts on the continuous information platforms. Exit specialists in ballistics and geostrategy, welcome to experts in deep sedation and assisted suicides. And if the Covid returns and if the war in Ukraine goes up another notch, well, we will be entitled to non-stop death.

With regard to the establishment of this “great debate”, forgive my insolence: it is not difficult to guess today the two major camps of thought. On the one hand, the proponents of a “modernization” of agony – that is to say a law on euthanasia – with a strong argument: it is monstrous to force condemned people to face terrible pain as they long to stop living. On the other hand, those reminiscent of the new increasingly targeted palliative care, making it possible to eliminate or attenuate pain.

On this floating and serious matter, I think that the less we legislate, the less we risk making mistakes.

These two positions will not change. And I already have a heavy heart to hear these arguments brandished with the usual ardor. Images will surge: gnarled hands, closed eyes, infusions. My opinion is not very important, but painful experiences confronted me with would-be suicides suddenly interested in the scent of strong coffee. In short, on this floating and serious matter, I think that the less we legislate, the less we risk making mistakes. And if there was a referendum, I would not decide.

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Yes, life is unfair until the end: the most protected will be those who are lucky enough to have loving loved ones and doctors they trust. These will be accompanied with love, whatever the legal framework. For the others, a law – necessarily unsuited to all different cases – will not change much in their last moments.

What will become of our vacation photos, our romantic messages, our speeding tickets, our songs when we are long dead?

But since there will be a debate, we might as well add a few more eccentric subjects to the frequently asked questions. I tried to understand with competent personalities (without success for the moment) what happens to our computer traces after our death. These hard drives, these clouds increasingly loaded with data, which store the voices, documents, letters, images… of eight, soon to be nine billion humans… are they infinitely expandable? What will become of our vacation photos, our romantic messages, our speeding tickets, our songs when we are long dead? Will there be archaeologists of hard disks in a few decades? Will the police, who can find criminals long after their death thanks to DNA analyses, be able, at the request of the heirs, to “uncloud” the exchanges of their ancestors in order to settle inheritance problems? And will the heirs in question also inherit all these immaterial pieces of life? If so, expect a hell of a mess.

Of course, I have no doubt that we can, by having recourse to specialists, destroy our traces of existence. But I know in advance that very few of us will do so: they will remain there, in a limbo, useless but real.

I think about it, I think about it. I’ll probably have to take care of it myself. Ah, dying has become really very complicated.

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” Die ? Not so simple”, the chronicle of Teresa Cremisi


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