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Thread #109110   Message #2283633
Posted By: GUEST,Guest
09-Mar-08 - 11:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: To Pull Or Not To Pull The Plug
Subject: RE: BS: To Pull Or Not To Pull The Plug
But this sort of case doesn't just occur with religion, so it is bogus to claim religious bias or discrimination as the cause of it.

It happens when next of kin aren't willing to let go of their loved ones who would be dead were it not for the medical intervention to keep them artificially alive.

How many years should we be required to keep people artificially alive, before we pull the plug or they die of complications from being kept artificially alive?

And let me remind one and all, the instances of people reawakening and being able to speak, walk, and resume life on even a marginal basis, as so extremely rare, any instance of it is widely reported in the news as 'a miracle'.

The largest generation in history is coming into the picture, and very few of them are willing to go gently into that good night. So the reality is, there is a tremendous risk that many in the generation will be neglected, abused, abandoned to the state...all with a shrinking pool of caretakers and adequately trained medical staff to provide for them.

So, we should bankrupt our children, and torture our survivors?