[jess35]

Is this what it's coming to? When someone who is old and sick declines water and food...we're supposed to force feed and hydrate them? I want an honest answer. Are we going to force old sick people who are obviously circling the drain to live to satisfy the sick wishes of total strangers?

[dennisw]

LOL. You ignorance of this specific case is breathtaking. Please examine yourself for suicidal tendencies and death wishes. Many project these tendencies onto others and think others also don't value life and shouldn't value life.

[penowa]

Perhaps you should inform yourself. Mrs. Magouirk had a living will that said she WANTED food and hydration. Her granddaughter who had power-of-attorney (not to make health decisions) got the medical establishment to pull her feeding tube DESPITE what Mrs. Magouirk's living will said. That is an honest answer in regard to the circumstances in which this lady found herself. She was rescued before she died by her nephew and her sister (not exactly "total strangers".)

Are you in favor of snuffing disabled people despite their wishes if they are old and become ill to satisfy your "sick wishes?" I want an honest answer from you.

[Louis Foxwell]

How will YOU play God? Will you give food and water to the hungry and thirsty or will you deny food and water to the sick and feeble?
Providing water and food are acts of love. We give them to our babies and to our profoundly disabled. We deny them when we are ravaged with bitterness and malicious intent.
Thirst and hunger are increasingly painful and terrible. Regardless of our condition, our bodies demand nourishment.
Your vile intent to flush the feeble describes perfectly the condition of your soul.

[Louis Foxwell]

Are we going to force old sick people who are obviously circling the drain to live to satisfy the sick wishes of total strangers?

How will YOU play God? Will you give food and water to the hungry and thirsty or will you deny food and water to the sick and feeble?

Providing water and food are acts of love. We give them to our babies and to our profoundly disabled. We deny them when we are ravaged with bitterness and malicious intent.

Thirst and hunger are increasingly painful and terrible. Regardless of our condition, our bodies demand nourishment.

Your desire to flush the feeble describes perfectly the condition of your soul.

[brytlea]

No, we are not going to stop feeding and hydrating them because their granddaughter wants their money NOW.
susie

[Hildy]

Be prepared. Now that you've posed a contrary view here, you will be branded a murderer, a death troll and more. Don't let them get you down.

[Twinkie]

Believe me. You will be "circling the drain" quicker than you might think.

One day you are young it seems, and possibly arrogant, then it seems you wake up one day and the girl at McDonald's gives you the senior citizen's discount without even asking. If you ARE young at this time, be thankful and enjoy it, but cultivate an attitude toward the old that nurtures them, too. I have a cousin who is almost 98 and still enjoys her life.

This lady didn't refuse food from what I've read. It was refused for her because her granddaughter decided she was old and it was "time for her to go be with Jesus". Jesus decides that, not relatives who appear eager for Granny to get out of the way of "their" inheritance.