Text 10778, 46 rader
Skriven 2005-03-31 14:48:53 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
  Kommentar till text 10729 av Max Kohn (1:18/200)
Ärende: Re: Bo Gritz
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31 Mar 05 00:14, Max Kohn wrote to EARL CROASMUN:

 MK> *** Quoting EARL CROASMUN from a message to GARY BRASWELL ***

 EC>> As I indicated a few days ago, withholding care, including the 
 EC>> removal of food and water tubes, is a method accepted in the laws 
 EC>> of nearly all states, and is covered by the "end of life" 
 EC>> guidelines of the American Conference of Catholic Bishops.  

 MK>  Oh you're way wrong here.  The Pope himself has voiced the 
 MK> opinion that
 MK>  Terri Schiavo should be allowed the feeding tube and that the 
 MK> feeding
 MK>  tube is not like being put on a ventilator but instead a basic 
 MK> human
 MK>  need to eat and drink.  The Pope is dead set (pun not intended) 
 MK> against
 MK>  what the courts and Michael are doing to Terri.  As said earlier, 
 MK> it would
 MK>  be more merciful to put a gun to her head and shoot her dead. 

 EC>> There is a huge and potentially ugly threshold between passively 
 EC>> allowing one to die and actively CAUSING that persons death.  It 
 EC>> is the difference between a "do not resusitate" sign and a "choke 
 EC>> this person to death now" sign.  I find it amazing that this 
 EC>> current controversy has created so many mini-Kevorkians who feel 
 EC>> it would be better to actively kill the woman with a gunshot to 
 EC>> the head!

 MK> Wrong...by taking away her food and water you are ACTIVELY causing 
 MK> that 
 MK> person's death.  Let me take away your food and water for two 
 MK> weeks and
 MK> then tell me how you feel.  Feeding her through a tube is not a 
 MK> method of
 MK> resusitation.  Try to think before you post.  Thanks for playing.

All kind of a moot point now.  She died just before 10am EST this morning.

John 

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