[lbo-talk] Schiavo: case closed, sez WashPost

jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Mar 23 17:05:15 PST 2005



> > Why should this man be put through the
> > horror of believing he is in a concentration camp? Wasn't once
> > enough? We know he isn't in one but, since he truly believes he is,
> > he is suffering as much mental anguish as if he were. Why do we have
> > this squeamishness over killing people like this?
>
> I suppose this would mean that it would've been perfectly acceptable
> to kill lots of people when they had bad enough post-traumatic stress
> to believe they were still in an institution for years after they
> left and wasn't showing much sign of noticing they weren't? By those
> standards we could also kill all concentration camp survivors who had
> the same reaction, and all Vietnam vets diagnosed with severe enough
> PTSD, all vets from Iraq with similar syndrome and... hmmmm
>
> sounds just like when the Nazis controlled Germany only they did not
> kill disabled vets.
> I sure would not want you in charge of my advanced directive.
>
> Marta

Alzheimers victims have zero chance of recovery and their condition will only worsen with time but PTSD sufferers have an excellent chance of recovery with proper therapy so I don't understand your analogy. I think you missed something.

John Thornton



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