In this particular case the parents strike me as truthful and the husband does not. I have not seen any medical records so perhaps I would change my mind if I did. In the meantime I think that since there is doubt as to the woman's wishes the default should be to not kill her, especially since the parents are willing to bear the expense,
Dana On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:19:57 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > She is in what is called a persitent vegitative state. Minimal brain > wave function, about the same about you'd get if you put a bowl of > jello on the eeg and put the electrodes on it. According to the > released medical records a CAT scan and MRI showed significant > deterioration in the cerebral cortex - the images (if I can find them > again) showed that most of the cortex had atrophied and died. There is > nothing left of what made Ms. Shiavo herself. > > Moreover are you saying that the parents word is more important than > her husband's in terms of who should decide her fate? > > larry > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:10:12 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > She doesn't look dead to me. And if her parents are willing to take > > care of her then let them. > > > > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144424 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
