Human Starvation Experiments by UNIT 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army (Scientific Results)

Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army; Human Experimentation ^ | 30 March 2005 | AmericanInTokyo (w/references)

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

It's called a "just in case" measure.

That's basically what I said in my first post to you. If doctors were certain about her level of awareness there would be no need to give her morphine. Because they are not certain, as I said before, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that she might have had some awareness of the pain of the dehydration/starvation process. I say "had" now because she is dead.

[Diamond]

... while I am amused by the clever twisting of words, I'm not seeing your point.

I wrote the way I did to illustrate that the moral criteria you use for judging Terri's situation, if applied to the Imperial Japanse, does not support your condemnation of that society. While I happen to agree with your conclusions about the Imperial Japanese, and that due process (whatever that means at any given moment) is better than no due process, I think that the rationale you use in Terri's case would thwart moral criticism of another society. If the state of Flordia can set its own standards, why couldn't the Imperial Japanese? In the same way, judging the decision of a State court judge ordering the dehydration and starvation of a U.S. citizen based merely on a standard that the order was not taken lightly or that they set their own standards seems inadequate. If Terri's situation is a 'tragedy', the question comes to mind; what's wrong with it? Why is it 'tragic' to you, since it was purportedly done with due process?

I would rather say that if something is wrong with it, then everything is wrong with it.

Cordially,

[Fast1]

The spelling is fine my advice would be to take a course in reading comprehension

[JoethePirate]

I can only imagine the current pain she is going through.

Only if your cerebel cortex has been liquefied.

[JoethePirate]

That is why they've given Terri morphine.

The morphine is to slow down her heart rate.

[Peach]

I assume I am still permitted to respond to pings, Guennie. Which is what I was doing. Thanks anyway.

[l.tecolote]

> Would you like some court documents to read about this; I'll send you links if you'd like them.

I'd very much appreciate if you'd provide those links -- either by public posting or private message. Thanks.