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To: From many - one.

"No, it is not euthanasia. I can see circumstances where euthanasia would be a beneficent act. This is murder, pure and simple."


Here's the definition of euthanasia. How does the Schiavo case contradict this?

Main Entry:euthanasia
Function:noun
Etymology:Greek, easy death, from euthanatos, from eu- + thanatos death more at THANATOS
Date:1869

: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy


82 posted on 03/20/2005 11:24:08 AM PST by macamadamia
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To: macamadamia

1. She is not hopelessly on the way to death...the proximate cause of death will be starvation and dehydration.

2. I have strong doubts about the gentleness of an unremitting week or so of a dry cracked mouth in someone who has not flatlined.


84 posted on 03/20/2005 11:30:30 AM PST by From many - one.
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To: macamadamia

Forgot te most important part: Terri Schiavo is not hopelessly sick. She is severely disabled and not on any kind of downhill path.


85 posted on 03/20/2005 11:32:49 AM PST by From many - one.
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