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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Babies and Old People hit the skids first....

That’s right. They AREN’T the ‘worker bees’ in the hive for ‘the collective’.

That's how it works. If you have five ventilators and ten people who will die without ventilators, five people are going to die. Who deserves a ventilator? Grandma? A baby? A young adult female? A young adult male?

Ugly decisions sometimes have to be made.

14 posted on 09/23/2009 7:23:10 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Coin toss.


16 posted on 09/23/2009 7:25:59 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: Drew68

Yes, we’ve “progressed” to the point where we can delay death. Ultimately we will all succumb.

However, the decision should not lie with “officials” who can choose based on thier own criteria. It should be left to the individuals and their families with the advice of a caring physician.

That’s what they want to take from us.


21 posted on 09/23/2009 7:29:35 PM PDT by plsjr (<>< ... reality always gets the last vote.)
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To: Drew68
Who deserves a ventilator? Grandma? A baby? A young adult female? A young adult male? Ugly decisions sometimes have to be made.

yes - kinda like the decision to abort or not abort - like the mother that was pregnant with, I think 4th child. The father had congenital heart disease, the mother tuberculosis, and the first 3 children all have serious medical problems.

What are the odds that this child will also be sickly, using up valuable medical care?

So chose: 1: abort

2: don't

For those that chose abort - Congratulations.

You just killed Beethoven.

i.e., you may chose the the young adult female/male - who never contribute anything of worth to society - may even be a negative. You may chose death for an elderly person who still has a lot to contribute - or a toddler who would have grown up to contribute something of great worth.

To empiracally chose death because of age is ignorance run amok.

But there's an over abundance of that these days.

In the meantime, perhaps you should arrange not to grow too old - and/or,never get sick.

34 posted on 09/23/2009 8:02:53 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" LINCOLN)
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