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Major Nikon

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8. Perhaps, but emotion and religious attachments to the metaphysical make for poor public policy

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 1, 2018, 11:12 PM

Jul 2018

At the end of the day someone has to pay for keeping a dead person animated for 5 years. So my rational side says those resources are probably better allocated to those who are actually alive.

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Teenage Girl Caught at the Center of a Medical and Religious Debate Over Brain Death Dies [View all] Voltaire2 Jul 2018 OP

Same girl who ignored post op instructions? Lithos Jul 2018 #1

No she had a surgical misfortune and died in surgery. Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #2

Thx Lithos Jul 2018 #6

I hope this family can finally find peace and begin to heal. Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 #3

Of course it is a terrible situation. Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #5

Perhaps, but emotion and religious attachments to the metaphysical make for poor public policy Major Nikon Jul 2018 #8

I remember a priest telling my uncle- dawg day Jul 2018 #4

absolutely horrifying Lordquinton Jul 2018 #7