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To: P-Marlowe

It means that if I can pay, that you can’t force me to die by denying me health care. It is a corollary of the right to life, Marlowe.

You kill me by denying me access.

If you’ve got 10 vials of cure and 10 people with disease and all 10 can pay your price, but you arbitrarily obstruct one man’s purchase, even though he can pay, then you have killed him by denying him his right to life.

See post #58


60 posted on 03/23/2010 2:50:02 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins; Forest Keeper; P-Marlowe; iceskater; blue-duncan; wmfights; wagglebee
If you’ve got 10 vials of cure and 10 people with disease and all 10 can pay your price, but you arbitrarily obstruct one man’s purchase, even though he can pay, then you have killed him by denying him his right to life.

No, the disease killed him. Maybe I'm saving vial number 10 for me or my children or I want to sell it on e-bay for a higher price.

So if I withhold one vial for some arbitrary reason, what business is that of anyone other than myself? I am not obstructing your access to health care any more than Dom Perignon is obstructing my access to champagne.

The right to life does not include the obligation of someone else to sell you or give you some magic tonic or perform some medical procedure (for free or for pay) to keep you alive. The right to life means only that no one other than God has the right to take your life from you. It does not obligate others to keep you alive. That may be a moral obligation, but it is not a constitutional obligation. Under the Constitution, if it makes me happy to watch you die when I have the power to save you, then I have that constitutional right to do nothing to help you as long as I do nothing to hurry the process along.

62 posted on 03/23/2010 3:42:12 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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