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Bowser — 3/23/2005 2:37:17 AM (archived)

Being kept alive artificially is being kept alive artificially.

And "dead" is defined in part as the irreversible cessation of brain function. Hers cannot function to keep her in touch with her needs, and never will allow for cognition or recognition again.

Arf

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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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