so let's just kill them all? Gruss, I don't think *anyone* is advocating that. Are you? Really?
I'm saying that we ought to be damn sure of a couple of things before we allow anyone to die. As best I can tell, on the whole we are. Believe it or not. And since I was just in the ER tuesday night, I probably have the most up close and personal view of how it works of anyone here. When the crackhead on a stretcher outside my cubicle went into some sort of seizure/oxygen desaturation he went to the resuss room just like any other citizen. And that's the way it should be. That crackhead is someone's son, someone's brother. Nobody said well yeah but is his life worth living. That's where your argument goes, you know. ::rolls eyes:: Dana > > But that's not going to happen! That's the problem! We could > probably do lots of great works if we rearranged priorities, but we > don't live in IdealLand. > > All I'm saying is that there's deeper policy questions here and simply > advocating for "the presumption of life" is ridiculous if you're not > going to suggest how to pay for such a policy (by which I mean a > workable solution, not a blue sky issue dodge). > > For example, Mr. Bush is cutting the already under-water Medicaid > budget which is what was keeping Ms. Schiavo alive, yet at the same > time advocating that we keep her alive with Medicaid. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152684 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
