Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>I say "luckily" because this affair is quite depressing. It sets the new
>low of how barbaric the ruling class and a sizeable chunk of this country
>have become. Foolish idolatry coupled with ruthless profiteering , both
>economic and political, nicely summarizes the crux of the Schiavo debacle
>and more generally the state of the US society - which bifurcates into
>increasingly infantile masses and an army of professional profiteers who
>prey on (and cultivate) that infantilism.
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The profiteering is obvious: nearly infinite profits with no risk of
malpractice. How much better can it get?
But, why in a nation where one third of the population can't afford to go to the doctor, there should be this kind of upheaval for keeping a woman in a vegetative state indefinitely....I haven't a clue.
Joanna
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