Posted on 06/12/2014 11:28:12 AM PDT by redreno
Radio personality Casey Kasem has been taken off life support after a judge ruled Wednesday that daughter Kerri Kasem could start withholding medication, food and fluids.
Mr. Kasem, 82, is suffering from Parkinsons disease, sepsis and dementia, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Transitioning our fathers treatment to comfort-oriented care was one of the hardest decisions weve ever had to make, Kerri wrote on her Facebook page Wednesday.
For people who do not understand the natural dying process: Giving food and water to a dying body creates pain and further suffering, she wrote in a later post. The body does not want or require food or water anymore in the dying process. My father can no longer digest foods and fluids fill his lungs up and will suffocate him. My Dad IS on pain meds.
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My comments were entirely in the context of a discussion about food and water being basic human rights.
Furthermore, “will not” is distinct from “cannot” in the English language. the first implies that an action *can* be done but *isn’t* due to some choice by the actor; the second that an action is beyond the capabilities of the actor whatever they may choose. The Biblical passage I quoted is widely understood to refer to the slothful, not to the sick and dying or those otherwise incapable of providing for themselves.
Did I really have to spell this all out for you, or are you being deliberately obtuse?
Perhaps you could spell out the point of posting that scripture on a thread about a man incapable of feeding himself and whose daughter is making the choice to withhold those basic necessities in order to kill him.
Clearly, Kasem 'cannot' feed himself, yet you posted a scripture about those who 'will not'.
I think I was quite clear. My comment was in the context of whether or not food and water is a basic human right. I’ve said that now three times, so I do hope it sinks in.
So, are you your brother's keeper? Or, is it survival of the fittest where the weak deserve to die?
If you’d bothered to read my comments here you’d already have your answer.
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