> Dana wrote: > If in fact she did not wish to live in such a condition then dying > would be in her best interest, right? It's what she would have wanted. > Always assuming that she was in fact in such a condition. >
You're right on that. As to the "who decides" question, nice write up. I agree that that's the big question, but I think where we differ is that I'm not as torn up about it and I've made peace with that fact that there's probably no solution. For example, my wife's grandmother is 93 and has cancer that's metastasized. She doesn't want therapy or treatment and has told everyone that she'd just like to go to sleep and not wake up. She's very sharp, but her body is failing her: her legs have swollen up to the point where she can't walk, she can't hear or see well, and she no longer has much control of her bladder. As her granddaughter was cleaning her feces off of her after she couldn't make it to the bathroom in time, she let out a big sigh and said, "this is mess." What an undignified way to leave life. And now she can look forward to a few months of this getting worse until the cancer kills her. Since suicide isn't legal, it'd be better if she was in a coma so that we could pull the plug. Personally I think euthanasia should be legal; put a process around it, but make it legal. On Schiavo, I think the husband should have full rights to decide unless the wife has stated in writing otherwise; or there's reason to suspect him unfit and then it's proven. In the Schiavo case he's been proven fit, so I say he should have the full decision as if he were her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:153177 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
