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Posted on 10/10/2014 9:11:25 AM PDT by wagglebee
I agree with Smith that this is a tragic situation, but there are alternatives and the media pushing her to do this certainly doesn't help.
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Here is another article about Brittany Maynard.
She should definitely be forced to suffer and live her last few weeks as a helpless vegetable!
sometimes they win....sometimes they don't but in either case THEY FOUGHT hard....
I have a cousin in law who has had ALS for about 8 yrs now....she has no intention of giving up....she keeps investigating new theories and stays engaged......
what if everyone just killed themselves at any problem, large or small?
Degenerate sons and daughters, it takes life to love life.....
Why are we talking about vegetables? She's not a carrot or cucumber.
Do you even have a clue what this story is about? She's not bedridden, she looks normal, she's giving interviews.
This story is a tragedy regardless of the outcome, so why are you pushing the left's agenda?
God decided on what day she was born. And God will decide on which day she dies. It’s not her decision.
Assisted suicide is one thing..
Euthanasia is another. The big money is in euthanasia, and that is what they really want.
Stories like this are used to advance the ball.
If we start humanely killing people when they become seriously ill instead of trying to cure them, insurers are going to make Trillions of Dollars. That kind of money will not be denied, especially when the biggest insurer is the Federal Government.
Life is cheap to those on the Left. Just look at all the gang murders that are ignored. I will not judge this woman as I am not in her shoes. But the hay that Leftists make out of cases that support their ‘death with dignity’ makes me sick. There is no dignity for those who died in Kevorkian’s van. Applauding someone who has just taken poison to end their life is repugnant and appalling.
God already decided she's going to die and she's working within that framework. Is it somehow better to linger, wasting away and in agony? You really think God wants that for her?
‘insurers are going to make Trillions of Dollars. That kind of money will not be denied, especially when the biggest insurer is the Federal Government’
A fact most people in this country don’t yet understand. They believe the Gov’t will do whatever is necessary when there is National Healthcare. It won’t. Many are going to have a very rude awakening.
She also has a rapidly growing brain tumor that will kill her.
I am well aware of that, but that has nothing to do with a person being in a so-called "vegetative state."
I agree with Smith that this is a tragic situation, but there are alternatives
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Inoperable brain cancer. 6 months to live.
Can you share your thoughts on what those specific alternatives might be?
The notion that she is somehow a dupe to the media I don’t understand or agree with at all. Everything I’ve read about her and that she has herself stated demonstrates one who is quite on top of things.
She is NOT Terry Schiavo. She is a very articulate and intelligent individual in a God-awful situation, not of her making or choosing (the brain cancer).
I have a 29 year old daughter. As a parent, the idea of one of my kids in this situation makes me nauseous. Just thinking about it.
Right.. that comes toward the end.
And yet, self-murder remains murder.
Abandon that principle and you have pulled the cornerstone word ‘unalienable’ out of our national foundation.
Which means your rights are no longer guaranteed or protected either.
Palliative care. The same that is used in the rest of America which still prohibits the barbaric practice of medical suicide.
The notion that she is somehow a dupe to the media I don’t understand or agree with at all.
I don't think she's a dupe at all, the media is using her story and giving it all sorts of press to push their agenda. She is an attractive young white woman, so the media is using her as the face of assisted suicide.
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