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As other's have said, its just a movie. If it makes people think a bit then all the better. I haven't seen it but as origingally posted it sounds like the "controversial" issue is the disabled fighters personal choice to die. It's not as if the Eastwood character is talking her into it or its mandated by the state. She doesn't want to live life as a quadriplegic and chooses to cash out. Where's the problem? I've always thought a person had a right to decide whether their life is worth living. I see suicide as a sort of emergency rip-cord. If life becomes truly unbearable I believe I have the will and the right to end my own misery. Bye - bye folks, I'm done. I do think one should have some responsibility about one's own demise though. One shouldn't leave children to fend for themselves or loved ones with some crushing financial burden. It shouldn't be done in such a way as to have some innocent relative or stranger find your disfigured or rotting corpse so they need therapy or are scarred for life. I digress though, I suppose the issue is whether this movie is worth protesting over. I say no, the critics have blown it all way out of proportion and missed the real message of the movie.
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