First it was "iron lungs" i.e. breathing machines, keeping alive the bodies of people who were braindead.... and some casual observers say "Well! I wouldn't want to live like that."
Then we have this "persistent vegetative state" thing (which is a ridiculously moronic and unscientific "diagnosis", if you just think about the term for a second).... and some casual observers say "Well! I wouldn't want to live like that."
But NOW, even just being fed by a (GASP) feeding tube falls into the "Well! I wouldn't want to live like that." category?
it's bizarre.
Some fraction of society is, apparently, really really easy to convince that this or that condition, which they (evidently) don't even know much about, is Intolerable and You Wouldn't Want To Live Like That.
What's next?
Paraplegic? "I wouldn't want to live like that."
Blind? "I wouldn't want to live like that."
Deaf? "I wouldn't want to live like that."
I just wonder where it ends? And why some people are so easy to convince that certain other peoples' lives just aren't worth living?
It's scary.
Good post. The window of a "life worth living" seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
Yes, yes, yes - I agree. Where does it end, with a hangnail? People are so easily swayed, and the more mis-information that is out there the scarier it is.
Well said.
AFter a while it will just be that life has to be perfect or else not worth living.
I was in a wheelchair for a while and had people tell me to my face, "Oh, I wouldn't want to live like that."
C'mon. Life is meaningful because you can . . . walk?? And it's not meaningful if you can't? I just couldn't get how cruel people were. Yes, my life was hard but their point was . . .?