To: Dreagon
>"I just do not want to effectively die of starvation and thirst which may take up to two weeks. I want as far as possible to be able to approach the end of my life with dignity," he told Sky News.
>>So the right to die morphs into the duty to die whether you want to or not.
Did you read the piece?
It's about a guy himself
choosing the methods
he wants put in place
in his own case. He doesn't
want a dragged-out end.
To: theFIRMbss
"Did you read the piece? It's about a guy himself choosing the methods"
Last year 45-year-old Leslie Burke, who has a degenerative brain condition, won a court ruling to stop doctors letting him starve to death should he become too ill to feed himself or communicate.
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My understanding is that he does not want to die like Terri Schiavo.
7 posted on
05/16/2005 1:10:06 PM PDT by
trisham
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