RIP schiavo
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- mrdobolina0
anyone see south park last night?
One part that stuck out was when the protestors were saying "who are we to play god" and then kyle or someone said "you played god when you put the tube in her stomach". While I know it is a cartoon and a comedy, it was a valid point.
- tank0
:/
- kld0
The parents legal fees were paid for by a pro life foundation in napa, CA.
just an FYI.
- gruntt0
i truly don't know where i stand on this "issue" - i really feel for all of the family.
to answer previous comments, it sounds cruel that she was allowed to starve to death but the hospice did provide her with medications, pain killers, etc. to make her very comfortable. not as bad as you might be thinking.
- abizzyman0
kOna... why are you breaking down her life to money?
.. that's so republican. ;)
- todelete__20
some quick math if you think about it.
how much would it cost to keep her alive for one day.
doctors costs, medicine, food, hospital stay, nurse costs, time. the whole nine yards.
$1000? which is probably REALLY low because i forgot about all the equipment.
ok. $1000 a day, 365 days a year, for 15 years not including extra days for leap years.
$5,475,000
that does not include the thousands if not hundreds of thousands for court costs and legal fees.
- tank0
agreeing with fawn here
- fawn0
poor woman to have to go through all that.
but it seems so hypocritical of bush to fly in from vacation to save one persons life when his mandate on the war on terrorism is killing thousands + innocent people.
- todelete__20
the million the husband got in a lawsuit for misdiagnosis was long gone from hospital bills and court costs.
only recently did a person offer i believe the husband 1 million to keep the tube in.
which would have been gone again in no time.
- chossy0
I wonder what would have happened if she got that micro chip installed that the other guy got.......... you know the guy that could think the tv on and change channels etc. did the family not have enough money or a charity behind them to get this stuff tried out on her.
- todelete__20
And for those of you who believe she was 'brain dead' and couldn't feel anything... fuck you - no one knows what's really going on inside her body or her brain.
abizzyman
(Mar 31 05, 09:47)
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not starting anything. but we don't know anything because she couldn't speak, move or communicate otherwise. thus. brain dead.
- brooke0
I agree with Otapnam. They should've done something to make it quick & painless. Food deprivation is just so inhuman.
- mrdobolina0
"... horrible agonizing pain - what ever happened to cruel and unusual being outlawed?"
Cruel and unusual punishment is only when talking about punishment of criminals. While I agree with you, you can't euthanize people in the USA, remember Kevorkian?
"And for those of you who believe she was 'brain dead' and couldn't feel anything... fuck you - no one knows what's really going on inside her body or her brain. A bunch of 'instrument readings' saying that the woman is brain dead is science/doctors being arrogant again and thinking they know what's going on."
they do tests with needles and other devices to see if a person can actually feel pain. I cut a nerve in my hand and they did the same tests to me to see if I could feel it.
It's over now.
- Point50
and I do agree that letting somone starve to death is just cruel.
- piperboytoy0
probably movie of the week.
- Point50
I'm not getting about religion. I simply made a statement. That's just my opinion and I have various others about a lot of other subjects.
- abizzyman0
letting her starve to death is worse than murder in my opinion...
... horrible agonizing pain - what ever happened to cruel and unusual being outlawed?
And for those of you who believe she was 'brain dead' and couldn't feel anything... fuck you - no one knows what's really going on inside her body or her brain. A bunch of 'instrument readings' saying that the woman is brain dead is science/doctors being arrogant again and thinking they know what's going on.
... it's all speculation based on data - but we DO know what pain feels like.
- cosmo0
this is going to be on TV forever just watch.
- piperboytoy0
even in death can they not find peace. I feel for the family, but relieved that her suffering has ended.
- cosmo0
rip.