tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post7272581817262171989..comments2024-03-28T13:26:59.030-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Eluana Englaro has diedAlex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-72269047273998935522009-02-10T11:17:00.000-05:002009-02-10T11:17:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous:The issue isn't about choosing how ...Dear Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>The issue isn't about choosing how to die.<BR/><BR/>The issue is about giving somebody else the right to be directly and intentionally involved with causing another person's death.<BR/><BR/>Further to that: I would far rather be on the side of caring for people and not killing them because when I consider the social context that these decisions are made, it becomes clear that vulnerable people are directly threatened by euthanasia and assisted suicide.<BR/><BR/>Eluana was cognitively disabled and not otherwise dying.Alex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-53447240488775541322009-02-10T11:11:00.000-05:002009-02-10T11:11:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous:I usually don't publish anonymous c...Dear Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>I usually don't publish anonymous comments but really.<BR/><BR/>When when did society decide to solve the problem of starving children by dehydrating the cognitively disabled to death.<BR/><BR/>By the way, no one is telling you or anyone when you are allowed to die, that is the foolish comment. <BR/><BR/>We are saying that to directly and intentionally cause another person's death is wrong. To directly and intentionally dehydrate a person to death means that society can decide when another person's life will be ended by someone else.<BR/><BR/>This is a serious concern.<BR/><BR/>Further to that, since when was killing a person, who is not otherwise dying, by dehydration a caring and compassionate act?<BR/><BR/>And when was being cognitively disabled a death sentence?Alex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-74987687318006875812009-02-10T11:05:00.000-05:002009-02-10T11:05:00.000-05:00Sorry:It is inhumane to intentionally dehydrate a ...Sorry:<BR/><BR/>It is inhumane to intentionally dehydrate a person who is not otherwise dying to death.<BR/><BR/>I forgot that the readers may not understand the distinction between the effects of the body shutting down or nearing death and the effects of dehydrating a person who is not otherwise dying.Alex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-2804933421637102652009-02-10T11:03:00.000-05:002009-02-10T11:03:00.000-05:00Dear Sam:Since when was death by dehydration a dig...Dear Sam:<BR/><BR/>Since when was death by dehydration a dignified and compassionate way to die?<BR/><BR/>If you are so concerned about suffering, you would oppose killing people by dehydration.<BR/><BR/>Further to that, if your neighbor was dehydrating his elderly dog to death, I am sure that you would phone the authorities.<BR/><BR/>It is inhumane to dehydrate a dog to death, and it is inhumane to dehydrate a human to death.Alex Schadenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-52742949341284770862009-02-10T02:53:00.000-05:002009-02-10T02:53:00.000-05:00I can only hope that those of you idiots who feel ...I can only hope that those of you idiots who feel that granting someone a dignified death is murder has to watch someone they love turn into a vegetable and lie there for decades. Better yet - I hope that THEY are the ones who are there - suffering - begging on some level to be put out of their misery. I hope they get the same "mercy" they wish upon others. SHAME ON YOU ALL and shame on your pitiful god that would put someone through that sort of suffering.<BR/><BR/>I realize that you won't be courageous enough to post this - but my message will be sent anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-44900345723687873932009-02-10T01:07:00.000-05:002009-02-10T01:07:00.000-05:00What in god's name is WRONG with you people?A vege...What in god's name is WRONG with you people?<BR/><BR/><BR/>A vegetative state for -17- YEARS!<BR/><BR/><BR/>The money it cost to keep her "living" could have been used to SAVE STARVING CHILDREN! You know, people who can actually EXPERIENCE LIFE rather than lay in a bed for 17 years accomplishing NOTHING but eatting and pooping.<BR/><BR/>You fools.<BR/><BR/>I hope if I am ever in that state that my father, brother, mother, or girlfriend has the MERCY in them to put a pillow over my face and end a bleak existence.<BR/><BR/>Shocking that people can try and tell me when I'm allowed to die!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-44389311605020557992009-02-09T17:42:00.000-05:002009-02-09T17:42:00.000-05:00I always find it interesting how such life-caring...I always find it interesting how such life-caring people can be so wrong when it comes to euthanasia. <BR/>I'm so glad that I don't live in Italy or in the States, and that I do have the chance to choose how to die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-66557405767773039772009-02-09T16:25:00.000-05:002009-02-09T16:25:00.000-05:00This death seems suspicious. The place where she ...This death seems suspicious. The place where she was staying, besides beginning to withhold food and water was also in process of administering some palliative care in the form of sedatives. I wonder if somebody there "accidentally" gave her too much. <BR/><BR/>I think many realize that part of this debate about withholding nutrition and hydration is about deliberately giving a person deemed no worthy life high dose of medication to put them down - like we do with animals. <BR/><BR/>God grant Eluana eternal rest. And have mercy on her father and others who wanted - through a misplaced sense of mercy - to kill her.<BR/><BR/>They got their wish.mikedrabikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05848221843351806441noreply@blogger.com