From: "Gary Britt" 

That's where we are headed Glenn.  Unless we throw off the tyranny of high
priests in black robes.

Gary

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> It's not been defined as that.  Life support is typically defined as
> respirator, and mechanical means to breath.
>
> How about people in nursing homes who have Alzheimer's, and have no sense
of
> the world around them, and have to be fed by a nurse, aid, or family
member?
> Should they be killed/starved since they can't feed themselves?
>
> Where do you draw the line?
>
> Do you kill anyone who is impaired to the point that they require anyone
> else to help them live?
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> > Gary Britt wrote:
> >> She isn't on life support and never has been.  They are killing her by
> >> withholding food and water.
> >
> > So she's on life support then.
> >
> > Or are you saying that an order in pizza menu & a credit card
should see
> > right?
> >
> >
> >>  She's never been on a ventilator or heart and
> >> lung machine.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Physical replenishment via food & water would strike me as a fairly
> > serious form of life support.
> >
> >
> >> Stick to this case, ventilator straw men are inapplicable.
> >>
> >
> > You are the only one here talking about ventilators.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >> Gary
> >>
> >> "Adam Flinton" 
wrote in message
> >> news:4245f125$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>
> >>>Gary Britt wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>So we should let hubby go in there and cause Terri
Schiavo to be drawn
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >>>>quartered then.  How about the rack or Iron Maiden. 
Burned at the
stake
> >>>>anyone?  She's not a criminal so no problems with due
process or cruel
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >>>>unusual punishment.  Makes sense to lots of people in
this country
> >>>>apparently.  I'm glad I'm not one of them however.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>So does everyone in the country get a federally paid for
entitlement to
> >>>life on a life-support machine & all the attendant care?
> >>>
> >>>Adam
> >>
> >>
>

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