(July 26, 2012 at 2:01 am)Godschild Wrote:(July 25, 2012 at 6:18 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: "We were not trying to shorten dad's life we wanted to prevent extending it unnecessarily."
Sorry, whats the difference? Isn't that exactly the right everyone who wants euthanasia to be legal fights for? To not have the lives of loved ones extended unnecessarily if it is painful and causing them distress?
His life was reduced, regardless of by how little, by the decision not to feed him and to provide morphine so starvation did not cause discomfort. Thats euthanasia and in the circumstances you described its perfectly moral.
Don't cheapen that by trying to employ a double standard so you can separate yourself from others who have done the same.
There's a big difference, you're to dense to see it or you just like making a fool of yourself. I believe it to be both, we did not starve him, that would take several days you idiot, he had about 24hrs. without the food there was no need to extend his or our suffering, and as I stated it was his wish, He told us to do nothing that would extend his and our suffering, quite a noble love for us.
Withholding food from someone is starving them, and how was it that you knew withholding the food is what hastened the death anyway? I don't know where you get off trying to insult someone's intelligence because they've pointed out the flaws of your argument.
By deciding to withhold food from someone you are taking part in deciding what will happen to their body and effectively their life, and that is exactly the thing you judge others for doing under the premise that life and the human body are God's property. Of course, from your statements it's clear that this applies to everyone but you. It's only a sin if someone else does it.
You really believe in a man who has helped to save the world twice, with the power to change his physical appearance? An alien who travels though time and space--in a police box?!?
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