yet another perspective

Daniel — 4/4/2005 4:58:48 AM (archived)

.. from a relative yesterday: in the 'old days' before medical technology, this sort of situation would not have developed, and the line between life and death was (supposedly) much more clear. So she seems to think that the technology is befuddling the situation, and ism't upset by the removal of the tube.

However, we do live in this new world, we have to deal with the new issues which arise from it, and we will be all the better for it since it forces the human mind & spirit to extend itself to coping with new domains. After all it's the same technology which is saving and improving lives as never before in history - and one effect of that gift is that in the eyes of many, the value of life itself (yes even in the abstract) is raised to a higher status than ever before

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A paralyzing experience - Daniel - 4/2/2005 7:28:11 AM
- re: A paralyzing experience - Lynn Gamble - 6/28/2005 2:57:24 PM
  - Me too. - RobVG - 7/2/2005 1:30:15 AM
  - wow, I never expected this thread to resurface - Daniel - 6/29/2005 9:01:09 AM
  - It's called "sleep paralysis" - Lindy - 6/29/2005 3:43:12 AM
    - If it happens regularly, it could be a sign that you need to see a doctor. - Scott Evil - 7/1/2005 3:16:13 PM
    - Something similar happened to me [kids don't be like me] - alcaray - 6/29/2005 9:08:44 PM
      - Did you have missing time? - Lindy - 6/30/2005 2:38:35 AM
        
        re: Did you have missing time? - alcaray - 6/30/2005 4:40:58 PM
    - On a somewhat related note - R.L. - 6/29/2005 6:37:20 AM
- BIS monitoring - LJ - 4/4/2005 4:08:02 PM
  - link - LJ - 4/4/2005 4:13:31 PM
- Question: Would you want to spend more than 15 years in that state? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/4/2005 3:53:06 PM
  - No - 15 years exactly sounds good, but no more .. - D. - 4/5/2005 4:37:48 AM
- Free will - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 6:23:29 PM
  - yet another perspective - Daniel - 4/4/2005 4:58:48 AM
    - re: and one more perspective - LJ - 4/4/2005 4:24:03 PM
      - many patients die through sheer medical incompetence - Daniel - 4/5/2005 4:32:55 AM
  - re: Free will - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2005 9:02:49 PM
    - You may have a point on the hostility - FrankC - 4/4/2005 1:49:50 AM
    - Do people get to play with other people's bodies? - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 9:22:07 PM
      - You think what her family was doing was "playing?" - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2005 10:00:44 PM
        
        Your single question - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 10:55:58 PM
        
        Autopsy and burial - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2005 6:35:52 AM
        
        So that it won't become a focal point and a shrine for protesters. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2005 1:14:02 AM
        
        You've got to be kidding. - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2005 5:34:24 AM
        
        Want to try again? Nope. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2005 9:28:05 PM
        
        re: Want to try again? - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2005 11:01:14 PM
        
        Relativity again. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/4/2005 1:35:01 AM
        
        Your "relativity" already came with an absolute. - Mary Anne - 4/5/2005 1:16:16 AM
- thanks for all the comments (n/t) - Daniel - 4/3/2005 1:04:41 AM
- This was a lose-lose situation with no "right" answer - Gary - 4/2/2005 8:25:41 PM
- Yes - Sam F. - 4/2/2005 9:59:57 AM
  - No, you're a stark raving mad closeted Christian zealot whose hypocrisy is applying for nationhood status at the UN. - Sam F. - 4/2/2005 3:17:59 PM
    - Well, I messed that up. Should be a carefully considered response to Daniel's reply. (n/t) - Sam F. - 4/2/2005 3:19:10 PM
  - well .. - Daniel - 4/2/2005 10:38:21 AM
- re: A paralyzing experience - Bowser - 4/2/2005 9:09:26 AM
  - I actually said the same thing - Daniel - 4/2/2005 9:43:47 AM
    - You are 100% correct Daniel - FrankC - 4/2/2005 10:57:00 PM

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