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To: johnb838
Right to die, living wills, euthanasia, it's all a bunch of crap.

Not, it is not a bunch of crap. If you are suffering and going to die anyway, you will not think that.

52 posted on 09/09/2003 11:11:03 AM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: The Other Harry
and going to die anyway

Ah, and herein lies the slope.

We are all going to die anyway. Do you think an infant with a simple, correctable, birth defect should be starved/dehydrated to death because it was born with Downs Syndrome as well?

Do you think an elderly confused person should be starved/dehydrated to death because she has trouble swallowing?

Do you think hospitals should be able to decide when your quality of life is no longer worth treatment? Do you think you will be allowed enough say in the decision?

If you have a brain injury and are disabled as a result of it, do you want to be killed in a very painful and suffering-filled way, slowly?

Do you think the disabled, those who were in car accidents and took time to recover, but recovered enough to move around in a wheelchair and play card games, should be sacrificed for organ donations?

All of these things are being debated in the courts and in many cases have already happened.

55 posted on 09/09/2003 11:39:33 AM PDT by MarMema
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