If Terri were MY wife.... - Democratic Underground

mopaul

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Mon Mar-21-05 08:16 AM
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If Terri were MY wife....

i'd hope i could summon the courage to end her suffering MYSELF, and then i'd hope i could next summon the strength to join her, rather than die in prison.

but then i'm about half nuts. and if some republican stepped into the room with her to exploit her and prolong her suffering, i might invite them to join my wife and i as well.

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JI7

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Mon Mar-21-05 08:23 AM
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1. Republicans seem to enjoy suffering of other for some reason

in cases when it is possible to help someone who has the ability to improve and live a good life the Republicans would deny them help and want them to suffer.

but when someone is suffering and has no chance of getting better they want to prolong the suffering by intervening.

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mopaul

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Mon Mar-21-05 08:25 AM
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2. they were outraged about the movie 'million dollar baby'

because it has a plot line about a woman paralyzed and euthanized by her friend.

but blowing up mothers with babes in their arms is acceptable.

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alcibiades_mystery

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Mon Mar-21-05 08:33 AM
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3. If Terri were my wife

no such question would arise, my in-laws being sane and reasonable people...

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OneTwentyoNine

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Mon Mar-21-05 08:35 AM
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4. We had to end my wifes brothers life about ten years ago....

He was all of 38 years old. He had a very rare kidney disease that he had no idea of but had been complaining for a couple of weeks about bad headaches. This disease caused a aneurysm which burst and caused him to become brain dead almost immediately.

They kept him alive at the hospital,I guess he could still be laying there with machines and a feeding tube but everyone in our families knew what HE wanted and had the GUTS to let him go.

We'd rather go by the cemetery and remember him for what he was, not what he'd be laying there brain dead only being kept alive by intervention.

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