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To: Fawn
How can you purposely let a life die of thirst? How sick.

Let's put aside moral arguments for a sec. You do realize that without her higher brain centers, she wouldn't experience thirst? Are you aware that conscious people who are on feeding tubes for an extended time don't experience hunger or thirst per se?

SW

107 posted on 06/15/2005 10:54:03 AM PDT by Snidely Whiplash
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To: Snidely Whiplash

So she was in no pain whatsoever from slowly dehydrating to death?


113 posted on 06/15/2005 11:03:33 AM PDT by Fawn
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To: Snidely Whiplash

My mother was on a feeding tube for TWO YEARS and I can assure you, she experienced thirst. She was constantly asking for water.


131 posted on 06/15/2005 12:08:53 PM PDT by greccogirl ("Freedom belongs to those who are willing to sacrifice the most for it")
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To: Snidely Whiplash
Let's put aside moral arguments for a sec. You do realize that without her higher brain centers, she wouldn't experience thirst? Are you aware that conscious people who are on feeding tubes for an extended time don't experience hunger or thirst per se?

And certainly they can't suffer from the other, deeper effects of dehydration I'm sure. < /sarcasm >

190 posted on 06/15/2005 1:50:06 PM PDT by Spiff (Don't believe everything you think.)
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