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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
>>I don't want extraordinary measures taken to keep me alive, either if death is imminent and there's no hope of recovery but under no circumstance do I want to be starved or thirsted to death. That's murder.

I am not talking about feeding tubes. I am talking about choosing not to be kept alive when there is no hope of recovery (Tubes, Machines, wires, Surgery...). No one is saying she has a reasonable expectation of resuming independent life. She has stated (Before this happened) that she did not want to be kept alive if a vegetable. I would want her wishes honored, because I would want MY wishes honored. That's all I'm saying, honor HER wishes, not Michael's not the parents Hers.

Sometimes it is all about me, but not often enough :-)
591 posted on 03/21/2005 9:09:40 AM PST by DelphiUser ("You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think")
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To: DelphiUser

>>I am talking about choosing not to be kept alive when there is no hope of recovery (Tubes, Machines, wires, Surgery...). No one is saying she has a reasonable expectation of resuming independent life.<<

Then let's kill everyone in this condition, if someone can come up with hearsay evidence about their wishes.


594 posted on 03/21/2005 2:05:04 PM PST by SerpentDove (Mmmm....."Our Own")
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