Let's say your wife smashes your face in with a baseball bat the day you tell her you have a multimillion-dollar insurance policy. Claims you fell down the steps. Now the doc tells your wife you should come out of the coma in a week or two with therapy, if not think about pulling the plug. She says, "Kill the bastard! He wouldn't want to live with a smashed face anyway." She orders the feeding tube removed stops feeding you and you come out of the coma but you're in that happy place starving people go to. Your family says she just bought a new Porsche and there's blood all over your bat. According to you, your wife is the only one who can speak for you know matter how suspicious the situation is. You dead.
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:49:01 -0600, Gruss Gott wrote: > This happens all the time every day - family members decide what their > loved one, who can't speak themselves, should or would want - and they > do it. > > In all of these cases we could step in and say, "they being starved", > or, "they are being denied air", or, "they are being denied blood", or > whatever. > > Are you saying that in all of these cases we should step in? Because > it's either that or we step in in none of the cases because none of > them are materially different. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151604 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
