Re: to live or not to live (the lesser of two evils)--kind of long
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I think it depends on the person's wishes. in this specific case it appears that dude wants to live.
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it does depend on a person's wishes and if he/she is not able to coherently make a decision then of course it's on someone else...
my ex-gf is a nurse and she said that more times than not the person wants to keep the plug in, and almost always if its up to a relative or loved one they choose life. this is why i think our family is not in the norm, we are somewhat of a hard-nosed family, a military family and my father is pretty much the head of the family (though he has 3 sisters and 4 brothers) and makes all of the decisions. he proposed the idea and everyone agreed. yet this isn't the norm. why?
again this is why i think my mother had a valid point, everyone one can say what they want when not facing death but when the time comes can you kill yourself? can you kill your father? your mother?
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