Posted on 11/23/2010 4:05:58 PM PST by wagglebee
I lost all respect for the Bush family when they abandoned Terri.
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Most of us did, myself included.
Two separate issues are being conflated in this article.
1. Withholding food and water at the end of life.
2. Government rationing of health care.
I see nothing to be gained in doing this except riling people up.
Obama’s DeathCare = Rationed Healthcare = Death Panels = American Holocaust
IMO, Never Again is happening before our very eyes.
1. Withholding food and water at the end of life.
2. Government rationing of health care.
I see nothing to be gained in doing this except riling people up.
How is government-ordered withholding of food and water, which America has in abundance, any different from government-ordered withholding of medical care, which America also has in abundance?
In Jeb’s case he sent a couple of lawmen down to her but they lost thier nerve being opposed by other law jurisdictions. It might have been different of Jeb had gone with them and taken a few pals.
They’re not two separate issues. Withholding food and water is a way to kill people off to ration the health care.
Either way, it’s killing people. The only difference is whether the murders can make themselves come off as looking like the heroes or villains.
By withholding food and water and convincing everyone it’s a merciful death and quality of life, yada, yada, yada,, they can kill off the *useless eaters*. It’s a stealth way of rationing healthcare without being so blatantly obvious about it.
They’re appealing to a different reason like they’re all concerned about what the poor person is going through, and then they don’t have to pick and choose who to *ration* (read: kill off) and catch flack for death panels and rationed healthcare.
For that matter, since when did it become the government's business to decide who gets to eat and who gets medical care?
DManA, this is none of the government's business. They don't own us. It's not their food and medical care to ration.
yet......
And even if they claim it is by passing legislation, that doesn't really make it so.
Of course if a few of us showed up to arrest the cops and give water and care to Terri then violence could erupt. If 20 dead are lying around the Lefties would have had a field day saying, “look at those who KILL for their pro-life position”.
So we did nothing. We were passive. But perhaps the worst case scenario of a bloody shoot-out would not be as bad as sitting here and knowing we live in a country that enforces withholding water from the thirsty. A country that insures the disabled die of thirst when family members are begging for the opportunity to give care.
“...withholding food and water and convincing everyone it’s a merciful death and quality of life, yada, yada, yada,, they can kill off the *useless eaters*. It’s a stealth way of rationing healthcare without being so blatantly obvious about it.”
The above passage is the strongest “economy-of-words” argument that we have on the issue. Great!
Thank you. Feel free to use any of it any time you wish.
It’s all about deceit, even to themselves.
If they can convince themselves that they’re being merciful, they don’t have to deal with the guilt of killing someone, at least for a while in this life.
“1. Withholding food and water at the end of life.”
If you were talking about Terri, she was not at the end of her life untill the food & water were withheld, resulting in her MURDER. The government at all levels let Terri down.
“2. Government rationing of health care.”
With Obamacare death panels, you will be murdered by the withholding / denial of care, be it medicine, operations, and yes food & water. If you are too old or too young you just aren't worth wasting limited health care dollars on.
These two things are almost exactly he same.
Yet at the same time we were told that Terri had "no brain function." How does a person with "no brain function" experience "euphoria"?
Additionally, Terri was given massive doses of morphine? Why does a person experiencing "euphoria" need morphine? Then again why does a person with "no brain function" need morphine?
Actually, they ARE exactly the same.
The ONLY medical care that Terri needed were basic antibiotics for occasional infections (which her "husband" wouldn't allow her to have) and OTC medicine for menstrual cramps (which her "husband" also wouldn't allow her to have).
If she had not been murdered, Terri's life expectancy was approximately thirty more years and possibly quite longer with proper rehabilitation.
Oh, well....um... you see,....maybe it was,..er, ... just in case.....
“...Terri was given massive doses of morphine? Why does a person experiencing “euphoria” need morphine? Then again why does a person with “no brain function” need morphine?’
I wonder if those doctors, nurses, and med-techs who administered this “end-of-life care” ever ask themselves such questions.
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