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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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To: American72
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.

A perfectly reasonable response. What would not be reasonable would be your attempt to prevent, by law or other means, those willing to do so at robertpaulson's instruction from carrying out his instructions. Do you agree?

140 posted on 04/02/2005 12:14:14 PM PST by The Irishman
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To: American72
"I could not, in good conscience, remove a feeding tube and let you starve and dehydrate to death"

Fine. Then if you're brain damaged and you couldn't swallow food and needed a feeding tube, I could not, in good conscience, allow you live and take up valuable space.

You're never going to get better, your desire to live is causing untold grief amongst your family, your care is forcing your spouse to go through your savings and she is considering selling the house to keep your sorry a$$ alive, your insurance company won't pay until you're dead ... No. I'm sorry, but I would consider that wrong to let you live.

So there.

158 posted on 04/02/2005 2:53:05 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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