Clearing Doubts
The Ghouls are out in full force:
As if there are any real "doubts" that just have to be "cleared"?
This has NOTHING TO DO with the extent of her brain injuries.
This has NOTHING TO DO with whether or not she'd ever recover.
This is an attempt to make "quality of life" -- a subjective decision, and influenced by biased third parties -- the basis for legalized Euthanasia.
And that's a Dystopia I refuse to allow.
The "right to die" has always been sold as reserved only for those terminally ill, and suffering in agony, when near their end.
Neither case is in effect here!
Look, the "hurry-up-and-die" people are probably next going to say, "oh look what you made us do, we were forced to make her die slowly and horribly! IF ONLY the laws allowed us to kill her quickly! You terrible heartless pro-life religious people!"
And then there will be a push to "fix" this problem, by making the killing easier and quicker.
But whew, at least my Doubts will have been Cleared!
What's their point? "See? It's DAMAGED! We can KILL IT!!!"
To Clear Doubts, Schiavo Autopsy PlannedWhat kind of logic is that? Oh, we have proof she should die, but she just has to be made dead first before we can show you?
As if there are any real "doubts" that just have to be "cleared"?
This has NOTHING TO DO with the extent of her brain injuries.
This has NOTHING TO DO with whether or not she'd ever recover.
This is an attempt to make "quality of life" -- a subjective decision, and influenced by biased third parties -- the basis for legalized Euthanasia.
And that's a Dystopia I refuse to allow.
The "right to die" has always been sold as reserved only for those terminally ill, and suffering in agony, when near their end.
Neither case is in effect here!
Look, the "hurry-up-and-die" people are probably next going to say, "oh look what you made us do, we were forced to make her die slowly and horribly! IF ONLY the laws allowed us to kill her quickly! You terrible heartless pro-life religious people!"
And then there will be a push to "fix" this problem, by making the killing easier and quicker.
But whew, at least my Doubts will have been Cleared!
What's their point? "See? It's DAMAGED! We can KILL IT!!!"
posted by RDS at 9:05 PM
4 Comments:
I can't agree. I'm basically a liberal, and most of my friends are also liberal centrists, and I haven't heard a single one of them say anything that suggests that they consider this a move in a push for euthanasia. There might be someone, somewhere who thinks this, but everyone I've talked to or read who is on my side of the fence on this has only one thing in mind: the good of Ms. Schiavo. It's what I'd want for myself, and I wouldn't want any less for anyone else.
My judgment might be mistaken, but I assure you that it's honest.
First, the good of Ms. Schiavo was unknown. There was simply no evidence that she wanted to die, and plenty of questions about Mr. Schiavo's integrity.
Second, what you want for yourself might not be what someone else would want for him or herself. Who's to say?
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Winston Smith, I don't doubt your judgment is honest and well-intended. I am very concerned however about the unintended consequences that are being unleashed (at least, unintended by most). If euthanizing the non-terminal and non-suffering becomes accepted, there will inevitably be social pressure from some quarters for the infirm to "request" termination so as not to be a "burden." The strong will devour the weak, and that I cannot abide.
And when there is doubt as to her wishes, is it not best to make sure one avoids the worst of two possible mistakes? For example, suppose she is kept alive against what were once her wishes -- but since she's apparently unaware and not suffering (or so those saying death by dehydration is not cruel are claiming), how bad would that really be, in comparison with the possibility of killing her when she would have preferred to remain alive?
Is it not the duty of society to protect the vulnerable from just that kind of mistake, when there is doubt? If not, then what's it good for at all?
Winston,
BTW, thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment; I am very appreciative that those of many viewpoints are reading this blog!
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