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To: American72
"Please shoot me in the head if I become incapacitated and can no longer take care of myself"

No, It would be more along the lines of, "Disconnect my body from whatever is keeping it artificially alive."

If you don't agree, then be sure to let people know. I'll honor your wish to be kept alive.

Will you honor mine to die?

134 posted on 04/02/2005 11:09:06 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Will you honor mine to die?

If you were truly brain dead and were going to die within minutes of unplugging a respirator, I would make the decision to turn off the machine and let you die. If you were brain damaged and you couldn't swallow food and needed a feeding tube, I could not, in good conscience, remove a feeding tube and let you starve and dehydrate to death over a two week period. No. I'm sorry, but I would consider that wrong.

139 posted on 04/02/2005 11:56:40 AM PST by American72 (Sick of Democrats)
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