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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Lane3 who wrote (106028)3/26/2005 11:54:57 AM
From: Mary Cluney   of 793755
 
The best I can tell, there is no objection to the right to die if the party, himself, clearly articulates the wish to do so and if the death can be achieved by simply withholding life support intervention. Conversely, anyone not meeting those criteria must continue to live. I think that's their position, however murky the articulation.

That sounds pretty clear. I don't see anything murky about it.

The other is that the parties who want this take responsibility for coming up with the resources to support it. That would mean building lots and lots of long-term hospices, fixing the nursing shortage, adjusting whatever laws are necessary to protect the families from the legal implications, and paying for all this, the enormous cost of which would currently fall to Medicaid.

Even though I disagree with your position, I can understand it - it is at least consistent. But those others are the same people that want to privatize SS and do away with medicaid. They are also the people (by and large) who are for the death penalty and executing juveniles and the retarded.

How can you feel so passionate about Terri Schaivo and not object to prisoners (detainees) tortured to death?

How can you feel so passionate about abortion and not feel for all the "collateral damage" (innocent people) who die in war?

Talk about murky and mushy. I would like to hear David Brooks reconcile the two.
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