On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:46 AM, James Hornaday Jr. wrote:
> So, is the government proposed legislation really going to > arbitrarily 'euthanize' anybody that is on Medicare? Probably not. > Nobody is Canada has raised that point yet. Nonetheless, there are a > lot of Canadian senior citizens living in unnecessary pain and > unnecessary disability because their treatment is RATIONED. Maybe > they are 'wishing' someone would euthanize them. Agreed. How much do you want to bet that relatives of important people get their treatment faster and politically "inconvenient" people like us get treatment slower. You no longer have to think about "making someone disappear," you just bump their priority down for that heart bypass they need... I think we need a lot less bureaucracy involved, not more. Sincerely, Eric Vought "Faith does not absolve us from trying to understand our world and make moral distinctions with the eyes and brain given us. Religion is as much responsibility as direction: Duty not Distinction." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---