Is mere brain death or mere absence of a brain sufficient reason to say that a person isn't alive?

Boojatta

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:55 PM
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Is mere brain death or mere absence of a brain sufficient reason to say that a person isn't alive?

Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 10:22 PM by Boojatta

After all, many people say that a fertilized egg, which has no brain, is human. Also, there are Republicans who seem to be brain-dead, but who are nevertheless very much alive physically.

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piratefish08

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:56 PM
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1. don't forget zombies.

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Zippy120

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:01 PM
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4. Haha, yeah.

:rofl:

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DCKit

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:04 PM
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5. Covered under the Republican umbrella. n/t

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RagAss

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:57 PM
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2. Go to a Tea Party Rally and you shall have your answer.

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anigbrowl

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Mon Apr-12-10 09:58 PM
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3. No. After all, you are clearly alive enough to post on DU.

Just kidding. Yes, I do think that brain death is sufficient to call someone dead.

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Walk away

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:06 PM
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6. If I turn up brain dead, please just bury me. But I mean that literally...

not figuratively!

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asdjrocky

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:11 PM
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7. Ask a teabagger.

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Ozymanithrax

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:53 PM
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8. For the religous it is the Soul that matters, not the brain...n/t

All you need is a fortuatous meeting of sperm and ovum to attach a soul.

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Zoeisright

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Mon Apr-12-10 10:59 PM
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9. Brain death is the standard for death in most countries.

Encephalitic infants, or those born without a higher brain but only with a brain stem, are still considered 'alive' and receive palliative care.

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Lint Head

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Mon Apr-12-10 11:36 PM
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10. If your lying there not breathing, your brain is dead and the rancid

smell of decay is filling the air you're probably dead. Or, just stunned.

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TankLV

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Tue Apr-13-10 12:00 AM
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13. or just at another "tea party"...

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Codeine

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Mon Apr-12-10 11:46 PM
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11. If that's a serious question,

then the answer is yes -- brain-dead = not alive.

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TankLV

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Mon Apr-12-10 11:59 PM
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12. Just admitting to being republican, conservative, or a teabagger is enough, I would imagine...

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Rex

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Tue Apr-13-10 03:12 AM
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14. Legend has it Stormin Strom was brain dead for 70 years, yet still found a way to

pump out little Stroms til the ripe old age of 117. Most people now think his grunts and groans were gas escaping from ancient organs and intestines buried deep inside him. No real brain activity, but repulsively active when evoked by dark rituals. 80's man Newt shows all kinds of signs of activity, yet has no higher brain functions to speak of. Some how Glenn and Rush audibly mimic human brain patterns, yet viewed under a CAT scan, neither man has a brain or cortex. Just a dark red spot on the monitor.

In short, brain dead gets you millions if you know the right people.

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REP

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Tue Apr-13-10 03:17 AM
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15. A fertilized human ovum is indeed human but not a human being

A fertilized canine ovum is canine but not a dog.

My toe is human but not A human.

Get it?

And brain-death is dead.

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REP

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Tue Apr-13-10 03:17 AM
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16. Dupe

Edited on Tue Apr-13-10 03:19 AM by REP

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