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re: Where's the line?

phil — 3/24/2005 4:01:24 PM (archived)

Good points. I've not chimed in much on this issue because I'm not well informed on the specifics of the case and I'm of two opposing minds on the issue. I find it too tragic to contemplate, given the futility. Probably reminds me of my mother's alzheimers.

-p

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Where's the line? With enough machinery, any corpse can be kept alive. - Bowser - 3/22/2005 5:18:07 AM
- re: Where's the line? - FrankC - 3/23/2005 5:19:28 AM
  - re: Where's the line? - gbaikie - 3/23/2005 6:01:42 AM
    - re: Where's the line? - gbaikie - 3/23/2005 10:09:35 AM
      - re: Where's the line? - DL - 3/24/2005 6:50:28 PM
        
        re: Where's the line? - gbaikie - 3/25/2005 6:36:17 AM
        
        Okay, so you were wrong, you know it, and you want to divert into quibbling over details. - DL - 3/26/2005 1:15:54 AM
        
        re: Okay, so you were wrong, you know it, and you want to divert into quibbling over details. - gbaikie - 3/26/2005 2:20:59 AM
        
        I give up. - DL - 3/26/2005 9:59:01 PM
      - re: Where's the line? - Marcia - 3/24/2005 4:12:04 AM
        
        re: Where's the line? - DL - 3/24/2005 6:57:12 PM
        
        Where's the truth? - DL - 3/24/2005 6:36:15 PM
        
        re: Where's the line? - phil - 3/24/2005 4:01:24 PM
  - I know! Death, maybe? - DL - 3/23/2005 5:42:05 AM
- She wasn't hooked up to any machinery, just a feeding tube - Larry J - 3/23/2005 1:50:28 AM
  - Please don't attempt humor on this matter, even on Flame. - Bowser - 3/23/2005 2:37:17 AM
    - By that definition, my grandkids are being kept alive artificially - Larry J - 3/23/2005 4:57:42 PM
      - I would think you'd ask Robert to remove the above. I'd hope so. - Bowser - 3/23/2005 9:18:24 PM
        
        No, I stand by what I wrote - Larry J - 3/23/2005 10:55:25 PM
        
        Regarding her neurological condition. Or, if there were a chance I'd agree with you. - Bowser - 3/24/2005 5:30:21 AM
        
        Sounds like the neurologists disagree. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2005 6:39:17 AM
        
        Really? They do? On what basis do you claim this? (n/t) - DL - 3/24/2005 6:09:21 PM
        
        plenty disagree - FrankC - 3/25/2005 4:42:17 PM
        
        Oh really? I notice you gve no links. - DL - 3/26/2005 12:39:08 AM
        
        What a bore you are... - FrankC - 3/26/2005 7:26:23 PM
        
        Oh and about "William P. Cheshire, Jr., MD"... - R.L. - 3/26/2005 10:55:40 PM
        
        Ohhh... I'm soooo sorrry the facts bore you... - DL - 3/26/2005 10:15:24 PM
        
        What an IDIOT FrankC is... - r.l. - 3/26/2005 8:31:18 PM
        
        Who's the idiot? - FrankC - 3/26/2005 10:02:58 PM
        
        You are apparently... - R.L. - 3/26/2005 10:10:34 PM
        
        Activism - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2005 9:04:35 PM
        
        "How many news outlets described the background of Schiavo's lawyer and doctor? That both are long-term right-to-die activists? " YOU mean they support the right of a person to choose how they die? - R.L. - 3/26/2005 10:05:14 PM
        
        The point: - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2005 8:06:13 AM
        
        It's simple - Sam F. - 3/27/2005 11:58:55 AM
        
        its not about objectivity. Its about fact - DL - 3/27/2005 5:29:23 PM
      - and here the agenda behind the noise comes out - DL - 3/23/2005 5:02:45 PM
    - You are the one who is turning this matter into a circus - SteveS - 3/23/2005 3:37:57 PM
      - re: circus - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2005 2:01:48 AM
        
        re: circus - SteveS - 3/24/2005 2:11:10 PM
  - So she wasn't hooked up to any machinery except the machinery she was hooked up to. - DL - 3/23/2005 2:33:46 AM
    - Not exactly. "There is machinery she isn't hooked up to. Therefore, she's fine." (n/t) - Bowser - 3/23/2005 9:20:13 PM
- re: Where's the line? With enough machinery, any corpse can be kept alive. - gbaikie - 3/22/2005 7:13:40 AM
  - To The Nitwit Twit - thanks for the provocative post. - Bowser - 3/22/2005 8:17:40 PM

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