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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (7307)	3/4/2001 1:02:21 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

I can see how you would say so, since we are judging the worth of the condition. However, flatlining seems to me to be a unique situation, since there is not trace of humanity present or to be remotely hoped for. Remember, the tests are stringent in such circumstances. Your attempt to make it analogous to the mother's estimation of life chances is interesting, but faulty. Not only are there orphanages and adoptions, but there is no way to guess adequately what will happen to someone over 18 plus years, with the possible exception of known fatal diseases like Tay- Sachs. The stringency accompanying the decision to remove life- support is not present. I am very interested in eliminating poverty and squalor. I just have certain ideas of the process that you may disagree with. As far as non- medical hopeless cases, I cannot say that any exist. Any hope is hope. It is very difficult to come to a judgement that someone may as well be dead, and flatlining is one of the few situations I can think of where I would make such a judgement. I do not, in general, believe in euthanasia, even for terminal cases........