Your posts on this thread are awful, and the insensitivity and ignorance you have displayed about the basic facts, impugning the worst of motives to those of us who disagree with your general opinion is depressing.
Your apparent determination to “one-up” those of us who have had to care for loved ones (spouses and parents) suffering in the last years and days of their lives is disrespectful at the very least.
Haw dare you imply that those of us who disagree with your opinion regarding the complex reality of the dying process are ignorant of the issues involved, embrace euthanasia, or starvation, etc.
Then, even more insulting to our individual intelligences, when confronted with facts and reality, you try to change the subject, trying to shift it to your preferred direction, in an effort to re-direct the discussion to one you think more winnable. Do you really think this is a good way to advance your cause, whatever it is?
This debate over the “right” methods to treat our loved ones who are suffering from fatal illnesses is horrible and disgusting. What kind of hubris gives you the notion that you are qualified or have any special expertise in this matter?
Please have the decency to stop trying to manipulate the argument into one which you appear to think you can win, for you can’t, and you won’t. You lost it, many posts back.
I now consider you in minimum regard, and anything I see posted under your name elsewhere will be tainted by your behavior on this thread.
My prayers now go to Our Father, that Casey Kasem gets kind, caring and loving treatment in these final days, that Hospice is called in to alleviate his suffering, and that his family stop fighting about it all.
I am trying to bring clarity to this vs convolution and conflation, hearsay and misunderstanding.
And I have been quite conciliatory in trying to point out we are often talking past each other.
I am being objective.
Your prayer presupposes a predetermined status of Kasem and outcome — imminent death when that may not be the case, you cannot know.
You are praying for him to die and advocating providing the means for his death, whether it is time or not.
No condemnation of anything you have done or decided in your personal life regarding treatment decisions. Please do not think I am doing that.
Very well put. Please don’t “cast your pearls before the swine.” Some people refuse to except reality. And will name call and be ugly and unreasonable because they lack maturity.
God bless you!
I am so happy to see this wonderful post has posted twice.