(January 26, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Lek Wrote: My position is that because she had a lethal condition,
25% chance of being lethal
(January 26, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Lek Wrote: that the parents, who are closest to the girl and her situation and needs,
Closest emotionally, yes. Closest to her situation and needs, no, that title goes to her doctor.
(January 26, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Lek Wrote: make an appropriate decision for treatment.
It was incredibly innapropriate
(January 26, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Lek Wrote: This was not murder or suicide, but death from a natural cause.
No, it was neglect, it was child abuse.
(January 26, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Lek Wrote: Now would you answer my question to you? Why is okay for an adult to avoid excruciating procedures and let a disease run its course but not to allow a child that option?
Firstly a child cannot make those kinds of decisions, full stop. An adult can. Secondly, the disease in question to 'run it's course' had a 75% chance of not killing the girl with chemotherapy.
(January 26, 2015 at 2:55 pm)Lek Wrote: Why is it okay not to put your dog through painful chemo therapy that could save his life, but it's not okay to do that for your child?
Who said it's not okay to put your dog through chemotherapy? And besides, there are several factors involved, how treatable the cancer is, how old the dog is, how many years it realistically has left and the quality of life. And in certain situations it would be okay to let your child die, For example, if the cancer is treatable or not . In this situation the cancer was very treatable, I don't understand how anyone can defend these parents and their decision.
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'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
