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To: Ilaine who wrote (13934)	10/26/2003 3:06:29 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

So I guess what I'd like to see done is for the statutes to be amended, and that absent a clear directive from the patient, a stable persistent vegetative state in an otherwise healthy person not be classified as a terminal condition. Thank you. Would you think that, if it were changed, the state would have any obligation to pick up the tab for continued support?

To: Ilaine who wrote (13934)	10/26/2003 3:33:36 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

TV: Not a Pretty Portrait? From what I have read, the AIDS sequence is incorrect. And I agree that hiring Babs' Husband to play Reagan was a bit much. Kind of "in your face." ______________________________________________________ NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE Nov. 3 issue — Just when you thought no one even watched TV movies anymore, along comes “The Reagans,” and people are dying just to read the script THE CBS MINISERIES doesn’t air until Nov. 16, but leaked copies of the screenplay and a six-minute highlight tape have already stirred up a controversy about how the movie depicts the president and his wife, Nancy. “The Reagans” sprawls from the moment they meet on a Hollywood set through his presidency and his developing Alzheimer’s. It’s not an entirely unsympathetic portrait, especially in the way the movie illustrates Reagan’s affection for “Nancy Pooh Pants” and vice versa. But Gipper admirers are angry that “The Reagans” shows the president to be unsympathetic to people with AIDS, out of it when first considering selling arms to Iran and often controlled by scheming Nancy (Judy Davis). “So Mr. Reagan will be depicted as a cold-hearted ogre and the network explains this as a reverential portrayal?” says Jerry Falwell, who is organizing a letter-writing campaign. “It’s no wonder that people are abandoning network television in droves.” There was bound to be some controversy—hiring James Brolin, husband of the famously liberal Barbra Streisand, to play a conservative icon didn’t put the right in a good mood. But the producers say they have at least two reliable sources for every plot point, and they’ve already agreed to cut a scene that implied Nancy wrote Al Haig’s resignation letter as secretary of State. But that won’t mollify Reagan partisans. “This is pretty cruel and defamatory,” says someone close to the family. “Everyone is pretty upset about it.” msnbc.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (13934)	10/26/2003 7:42:00 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793624

>>>>>>>>that pulling the plug should only be done when the patient is already in the process of dying, not to initiate the process of dying.<<<<<< That could be a really tough call, since every day we live, is closer to the day we die. This entire situation has certainly made me think about our Living Wills... Where do we draw the line.......is it on time, or just one Doc's opinion? Neither of us want to live if there's no hope ... but our Living Wills don't specify when that might be. Do any of them? And you're entirely correct, CB...what about people who aren't mentally alert? Or those dealing with age infirmities? Or those babies who are born with problems and don't have living guardians for whatever reason, and no LW? so many etcs... It's one thing to make the decision for yourself when to 'pull the plug', and another altogether to have someone else do it, when they may or may not have an ax to grind, so to speak.