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Ryan · 03-21-05, 04:51 PM

Pardon me if this has already been asked, but I have not been browsing the forums much at all as of late. In any event, can any of you on either side of the Terri Schiavo issue honestly say that you would want to be kept alive if you were in her condition?

Let this be a declaration to the world, I NEVER want to be kept alive in that situation.

03-21-05, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

Pardon me if this has already been asked, but I have not been browsing the forums much at all as of late. In any event, can any of you on either side of the Terri Schiavo issue honestly say that you would want to be kept alive if you were in her condition?

Let this be a declaration to the world, I NEVER want to be kept alive in that situation.

I cannot honestly say what I would want given a situation like that.

tricky · 03-21-05, 04:56 PM

I support euthanasia for all, including myself.

bfp · 03-21-05, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by xiannaix

I cannot honestly say what I would want given a situation like that.

I couldn't either.

Element4040 · 03-21-05, 05:26 PM

Hell no, I'd wanna be dead.

Satchel · 03-21-05, 06:23 PM

please kill me if I'm in that situation

Catfizzle · 03-21-05, 06:27 PM

i say after a week of no improvement pull the plug and save the money ..... or bad come to worse cryogentic freezing seems possible

willy_jack · 03-21-05, 06:28 PM

i would want to die.

my grandmother suffered from alzheimers disease, and i saw what she went through towards the end of her life. she could not do anything. she did not talk, nor did she give you any indication that you were there. it was sad. esp. since i remember how full of life and love she was before things got that bad. i know she did not want to go on living given the condition she was in.

Suckimus Maximus · 03-21-05, 07:15 PM

Let see, my choices are.........

a.) Dying with some shred of dignity ..........

or

b.) being a lifeless shell, pissing/shitting myself on a daily basis. Relying on liquids dripped into my system to sustain me, being a constant burden and reminder to my friends and family of what I once was and will never be again. A weight that is keeping my family in a constant state of grieving.

Hmm, i dont know man, thats a tough choice.

Spaceinsex · 03-23-05, 04:41 AM

its funny because no one really knows what they would want until they are in that situation.
There has been situations where people have been in car accidents and lose all their limbs, are burnt, disfigured, and are still consience to scream out for help.
Why instead arent they screaming out for death if they are no longer able to function like a "normal" human being? Because no matter what, life is so precious even a person who falls from a rocky mountain begs to live because there is more to life than being able to drive a car or play nintendo and things of that sort. Those who arent able to make the choice to live or die are in the mercy of those who love them and must trust in those to make the right choice for them. She isnt terminally ill, and is relying on the technology built to sustain life. Why else was this technology invented but for such a reason. She is alive for some reason, and the mere fact that some people are calling this feeding tube removal a Dignified way of dying are transparent. It isnt peaceful, she is suffering and dying a slow and cruel death, while somebody who holds her fate in their hands is eating a nice steak and enjoying their life with their family.
Maybe there is a fate worse than death and who knows maybe she would be lucky to pass from a place so cold as this, but nobody knows what they would do in that situation,...we could all say we would rather die than to be in such a state,...but i believe thats speaking out prematurely,....

Manders · 03-23-05, 09:08 AM

I wouldn't want to be kept alive

Keith P · 03-23-05, 10:02 AM

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its funny because no one really knows what they would want until they are in that situation.
There has been situations where people have been in car accidents and lose all their limbs, are burnt, disfigured, and are still consience to scream out for help.
Why instead arent they screaming out for death if they are no longer able to function like a "normal" human being?

I was thinking instinct, a natural human response to a life threatening situation. Noone is gonna sit there and be like "kill me!" right after they were in a wreck. If you're burning alive you're not really gonna take the time to consider how things might play out if u lapse into a coma and have to be kept alive by life support. Let alone contemplate the financial/emotional burden on your family while bleeding from all orifices.

GLopez · 03-23-05, 10:09 AM

If I were in her situation... just put some head phones on me and let me make the drive to heaven.

Manders · 03-23-05, 10:39 AM

My dad was in a similar situation. I saw what he was like when he was dying. He couldn't eat, speak, or open his eyes. He was taken off life support around Christmas, had a DNR and died peacefully in our home. I'd rather go like that than hooked up to a bunch of machines in a hospital.

zerojunkie · 03-23-05, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by imperial

..... or bad come to worse cryogentic freezing seems possible

hahaha, good idea.

03-21-05, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ryan Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,783	A Question for You All Pardon me if this has already been asked, but I have not been browsing the forums much at all as of late. In any event, can any of you on either side of the Terri Schiavo issue honestly say that you would want to be kept alive if you were in her condition? Let this be a declaration to the world, I NEVER want to be kept alive in that situation.

03-21-05, 05:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
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03-23-05, 04:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
Spaceinsex Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Posts: 602	its funny because no one really knows what they would want until they are in that situation. There has been situations where people have been in car accidents and lose all their limbs, are burnt, disfigured, and are still consience to scream out for help. Why instead arent they screaming out for death if they are no longer able to function like a "normal" human being? Because no matter what, life is so precious even a person who falls from a rocky mountain begs to live because there is more to life than being able to drive a car or play nintendo and things of that sort. Those who arent able to make the choice to live or die are in the mercy of those who love them and must trust in those to make the right choice for them. She isnt terminally ill, and is relying on the technology built to sustain life. Why else was this technology invented but for such a reason. She is alive for some reason, and the mere fact that some people are calling this feeding tube removal a Dignified way of dying are transparent. It isnt peaceful, she is suffering and dying a slow and cruel death, while somebody who holds her fate in their hands is eating a nice steak and enjoying their life with their family. Maybe there is a fate worse than death and who knows maybe she would be lucky to pass from a place so cold as this, but nobody knows what they would do in that situation,...we could all say we would rather die than to be in such a state,...but i believe thats speaking out prematurely,.... __________________ http://www.tomorrowsdarkness.com http://www.myspace.com/spaceinsex

03-23-05, 09:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
Manders Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bedford, Tx Posts: 1,230	I wouldn't want to be kept alive __________________ I told those fucks down at the league office a thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!!

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03-21-05, 06:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Satchel Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Plaino Posts: 2,973	please kill me if I'm in that situation

03-21-05, 06:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
willy_jack Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: in my head Posts: 3,090	i would want to die. my grandmother suffered from alzheimers disease, and i saw what she went through towards the end of her life. she could not do anything. she did not talk, nor did she give you any indication that you were there. it was sad. esp. since i remember how full of life and love she was before things got that bad. i know she did not want to go on living given the condition she was in.

03-23-05, 10:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
GLopez Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 11,465	If I were in her situation... just put some head phones on me and let me make the drive to heaven. __________________ I'm just going for the music..

03-23-05, 10:39 AM	#14 (permalink)
Manders Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bedford, Tx Posts: 1,230	My dad was in a similar situation. I saw what he was like when he was dying. He couldn't eat, speak, or open his eyes. He was taken off life support around Christmas, had a DNR and died peacefully in our home. I'd rather go like that than hooked up to a bunch of machines in a hospital. __________________ I told those fucks down at the league office a thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!!

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