Posted on 06/19/2011 2:21:18 PM PDT by wagglebee
I'm willing to discuss the 'reasonableness' even though there is none. It's one thing for people to end their own lives, assuming the problem is a painful terminal illness and not just a chemical imbalance or temporary life setback - while I strongly disapprove, I have no say once they are dead. It is entirely different for someone who doesn't have enough interest to make a successful effort to demand that another person provide assistance, or for a greedy relative or government official to pressure a sick relative or user of ObamaCare to end it all so they can cut costs. There is no situation in which laws supporting assisted suicide make any sense at all, there is nothing reasonable about the debate, and the main value of such discussions is in illustrating who hates their parents enough to knock them off to get a bigger inheritance or just to get that loot sooner, and who hates the elderly in general enough to deny their care so that the money can go to unions that provide more votes.
Dr. Harold Shipman. 218 patients murdered, likely many more, mostly women. Only discovered when he tried to steal from the estate of his last victim, which caused an investigation. Nobody noticed all the other people dying.
Dr. John Bodkin Adams. 160 patients murdered, only detected when he stole from them.
Dr. Herman W. Mudgett. 200 victims. Detected by insurance fraud.
Nurse Genene Ann Jones. Between 10 and 46 children. Protected from suspicious doctors by other nurses.
Nurse Stephan Letter. 29 patients.
Nurse Beverley Allitt. Killed 4 babies, injured 9 others.
Nurse Charles Cullen. Killed 40 people.
Nurse Orville Lynn Majors. Killed 130 people.
Nurse Jane Toppan. Killed 31 people.
Nurses Waltraud Wagner and Irene Leidolf (a team effort). Killed 49 people.
Nurse Edson Isidoro Guimarães. Believed to have killed 131 people.
I was in the hospital two weeks ago to have my gall bladder rremoved. I miss you, Buddy.
Anyway, we got to the question about Living Wills, and if things go wrong on this relatively safe operation, etc. Mu Answer to them was, “Keep me alive at ALL costs”.
And no, I don’t want to be an o rgan donor.
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