the professionals don't have enough information and we definitely don't. But I think that if there is a consciousness there she should at least be allowed to eat. I think. Because the basis of the Curzon case is a reaction like Brian's, how horrible to be trapped in your body and not even be able to die because people keep feeding you.
So if a) she is alive and wants to be alive, she can eat b) she is alive and doesn't want to be alive she can refuse to eat. ? It's a theory. Dana On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:18:08 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking about Stephen Hawking. Maybe she just needs the right > therapy and the right software. > > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:01:36 -0600, G wrote: > > So I was considering Dana's points that there may be reasonable doubt as to > > the extent of Ms. Schiavo's incapacitation. > > > > If we consider the possibility that Ms. Schiavo actually IS alive in there, > > that she has the ability to think, to reason, to perceive, to make > > decisions......and yet has absolutely NO way of expressing any of these > > things.... all of a sudden her situation becomes even MORE tragice, in my > > opinion. > > > > I can't imagine the horror of being awake, of being aware, of being > > cognizant, and yet of having no way of expressing any of it.....for 15 > > years. > > > > I'm curious what your thoughts on this are Dana. If your suspicions are > > right, and Ms. Schiavo is still alive mentally......does this make her > > situation better, or worse? Would this fact actually make the case stronger > > for ending her suffering? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151291 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
