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To: Humidston
Sen Cambell again... "Ironic - Palm Beach Co.... We can keep people alive... bill would come up this week - ironic... I told sen. Webster this... we're stepping on separation of powers... courts have made decisions... but I read this Jefferson quotes... legislator's duty.. take care of someone when they cna't care for themselves... WHAT IS LIFE AND WHAT IS DEATH? ... Determine when we help someone to continue living... method to allow life to be taken away BY STARVATION... UNacceptable and call it legal... complex question to legislate policy to allow someone to live... been 7-8 days... cardiac arrest(?) ... err on side of caution... when we makethat determ. what death is... we've already done it... vegetative state alive or dead... two mths ago... man in veg state adn woke up after 14 yrs and asked for a Big Mac... she has chance of waking.. let's err on side of saving life by using biomed... toughest decision.. but we're elected to make them... sen smith said I DON'T MAKE DECISIONS ON EMAILS>.. i believe the right thing is SAVING life... this is allowing someone to STARVE to death... YOU have my vote.

(My fingers are dying....I can't do this anymore..sorry!)
1,372 posted on 10/21/2003 11:39:57 AM PDT by Humidston (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
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To: Humidston
Your keytops must be smokin' LOL
1,381 posted on 10/21/2003 11:41:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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