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To: Lane3 who wrote (241)	9/7/2006 1:59:32 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10087

I think the focus of the effort was on professors that where considered incorrigible. Whether they where, or whether they were all even that bad in the first place can of course be debated. But even if the effort is some times mistaken, and even potentially harmful, I don't think it is sinister. I don't think it is similar to the situation in Iran, although to be fair the Islamic fundamentalists probably don't think their efforts are sinister either. Still I don't have a problem with the idea of saying that they are wrong. I'm far from being a complete relativist.

To: Lane3 who wrote (241)	9/7/2006 2:16:42 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

Call for no-consent euthanasia Doctors should be able to end lives swiftly and humanely, says professor Sarah Boseley , health editor Thursday June 8, 2006 The Guardian One of the country's leading experts on medical ethics today calls for doctors to be able to end the lives of some terminally ill patients "swiftly, humanely and without guilt" - even if they have not given consent. Len Doyal, emeritus professor of medical ethics at Queen Mary, University of London, takes the euthanasia debate into new and highly contentious territory. He says doctors should recognise that they are already killing patients when they remove feeding tubes from those whose lives are judged to be no longer worth living. Some will suffer a "slow and distressing death" as a result. guardian.co.uk