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To: wagglebee
People with dementia should be able to end their lives if they feel they are a burden to others or to the NHS, according to a respected ethicist.

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Imagine being stricken with dementia and knowing that this is the attitude of those around one. Knowing that one is considered a burden by others. Feeling unloved and unwanted. I could cry.

18 posted on 09/20/2008 3:14:19 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
Imagine being stricken with dementia and knowing that this is the attitude of those around one. Knowing that one is considered a burden by others. Feeling unloved and unwanted. I could cry.

Precisely. It is disgusting to think that those you love will simply kill you the minute your health declines.

20 posted on 09/20/2008 3:16:29 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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