On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 [email protected] wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:04:12 PDT, [email protected] said: > > > This is not to be confused with a "Deather", though by and large they are > > the > > same folks. Deathers believe that the effort to reform the US healthcare > > system is a veiled effort to euthanize the elderly of America, reasoning > > (not > > to stretch the meaning of the word) that - as happens in such socialist > > hell-holes as the UK, Sweden and Canada - once The Guvernment is given > > complete > > and unquestioned control of healthcare they will choose to deny medicine to > > old > > people. I believe the theory is that this will endear the ruling party with > > the younger voters who will then inherit Grandpa's old slippers. > > And to further illustrate just how batshit crazy some people here are - the > actual proposal that set the Deathers off was *actually*: > > That the government-sponsored program should pay for counseling for terminally > ill patients, to help write up things like "durable powers of attorney" (which > are documents that state what should happen if you're not in any condition to > manage your affairs anymore). So terminally people will be able to > write a document that says "I know I have pancreatic cancer, and don't have > long left, so if I'm in a coma, don't keep me on a respirator, and if I > have a heart seizure, don't resuscitate me, just let me go" and avoid the > circus that was Terry Schiavo. > > Of course, these same people feel threatened when the President wants to tell > their > kids to stay in school, work hard, and get good grades, because if their kids > are well-educated, Something Evil will happen. Like the kids might actually > start doing some fact-checking and thinking about what their parents say. That's why Santa Claus is such a good idea.
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