Posted on 08/27/2007 3:52:53 PM PDT by wagglebee
And this is where our society is headed based on a societal reluctance to believe in the sanctity of ALL life.
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If someone is brain dead, the person is dead, period.
This fact can be hard to accept, particularly when a patient might look very much alive to family members. Brain dead people often still have a heartbeat, and their chests may rise and fall with the help of a ventilator, sometimes giving hope to grieving families that the person may suddenly wake up.
This false hope, some experts believe, prevents people from donating organs. People fear that their organs, or those of their loved ones, might be taken before they’re actually dead. Some suspect a doctor might “pull the plug” prematurely to harvest their organs.
“It comes up all the time,” said Von Roebuck, spokesman for the California Transplant Donor Network. “It’s a dire myth. One must remember that if you’re in a critical situation, every effort is going to be made to save your life whether you’re a donor or not.”
This myth and others, such as the misconception that many religions are against donation, contribute to a deficit of about 75,000 organs in the United States. About 6,000 of the patients who wait for these organs die every year.
“The utility of using dead bodies is growing, as is the tragedy of not using them,” said Dr. Stuart Youngner, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Case Western University.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/04/42847
I don't think anyone is disputing this, but this isn't what the editorial is about.
Nahh. Human beings have the absolute right to live off of the earnings of their neighbor, to inject, inhale or ingest any substance that will give them momentary gratification; to have sex with anyone or anything that a random impulse commands; to be absolutely protected from any transitory discomfort, arduous labor, hardship, inconvenience, or unhappy or unpleasant sensation; and to live forever disease free. But the right just to LIVE? Now you’re being silly. /sarc
I do not believe in animal cruelty; however, the left has gone way over the top with “animal rights.” The FACT remains than an animal does not have a soul, human beings do.
That’s really how simple the whole thing is... To us right wing religious fanatics. Sadly for many it gets complex... which reminds me of a favorite quote:
“Moral issues are always terribly complex, for someone without principles.” G.K. Chesterton
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“Moral issues are always terribly complex, for someone without principles.” G.K. Chesterton
The leftists don't like anything that doesn't contain "nuances." Just last night, one of the culture of death FRiberals couldn't even answer a yes or no question about whether they supported euthanasia.
As an Adlerian therapist, I see the following as the key to being human and to life. This is a long article but it is nicely broken into short segments describing “social interest”.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/HStein/qu-comm.htm
google “anti social behavior” for the antithesis of social interest.
Wesley J. Smith: Human Beings Desrve the Right to Life Because They Are Human Beings...
Unless they are on Death Row for brutally violent crimes. Then you have more right to life than an unborn child.
Just adding the liberal contradictions.
;-)
The condemned, murderous, raping pieces of sh*t on death row have more rights than Terri Schiavo did and she was never accused of anything.
I thought this article was about getting rid of the useless eaters. Then, through State managed selective breeding programs, we shall become Ubermench!
/SARC
They are following in the footsteps of Hitler and Stalin.
Terri Shiavo was accused.
She was accused of being PVS.
By her husband.
After he won a huge settlement that he swore would be used to pay for her care and rehabilitation.
Around the same time he had her jewelry melted down to make a ring for himself.
And had her cat put to sleep.
And had two children with another woman whom he was living with.
Terri Schiavo was accused, sentenced to death and slowly murdered with starvation and dehydration by those too cowardly to kill her mercifully with a knife across the throat.
But that’s just my take on the whole situation. Any one wanting to flame me for my opinion is welcome to write their comments on a piece of paper and flush it down the can. Rude insults will get the same attention there as here (ignored and unanswered).
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