[PLUG-TALK] Shiavo case...

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "glen" == glen e p ropella <gepr at severin.tempusdictum.com> writes:

glen> [...] Now, for religious and practical reasons, we've made the
glen> rule that right-to-die issues are case-by-case and decided by
glen> spouse, family, legal guardian, etc.  And we seem somewhat
glen> fixated on marriage so that the spouse is given alot of power.
glen> Religious people want this to be the case (and they regularly
glen> demand things like the preservation of the "sanctity of
glen> marriage").  But, there's no reason we couldn't change that to
glen> be a more network-based decision process.

After hearing Keith Lofstrom's encouragement to "do the docs", my
personal reflection on the problem (not having any of these documents)
is that, basically, I would want the one-hop people to all reach a
consensus.  Furthermore, none of my one-hop people are kooks[1], and
so I trust them to all reach a reasonable and appropriate decision.
Given that, I have a hard time seeing any circumstances where my case
_could_ become a circus such as we are seeing in Florida.

glen> [...] In any case, jumping to "She's already dead!" or "God says
glen> it's the husband's right to kill her!" is stepping outside the
glen> realm of reasoned, respectful, consideration.... at least in a
glen> society that is governed by laws rather than messages from the
glen> Dog Star.

Although, as usual, the so-called "news" media is doing a crappy job
of communicating the facts of the case, I think the argument here is
that it is hard to claim that after a multitude of legal proceedings
that anyone is jumping to anything.

[1] relative to my world view.


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