1999TL said:I know this sounds mean, but this is my honest opinion...If that were me, I would have rather just passed instantly.
RottenWillow said:Guys, how the fuck is that dude still alive?

Razorguns said:jesus christ how is he still alive? is he a vegetable? Personally rather be in a vegetable looking out in the world - just put me out of my misery already.
Damn, it's scary to think "If I was just innocently walking down the street" that night, Nick shitbag could've done that to me too.
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medical science. lots of the bodys processes can be supported for short periods of time these days - in the past if something failed, you died. these days we can prop up your respiratory system, kidneys, heart, immune system etc for a little while and put you back together well enough for those bits to recover.RottenWillow said:Guys, how the fuck is that dude still alive?
the_alcatraz said:It is sad. But wouldn't you like to live for just a little more and help people out for the remainder of your life. I would.
Lestat said:I would not want to live like that. Can I have some sort of will that states that?
Lestat said:I would not want to live like that. Can I have some sort of will that states that?

pin said:No. That man is a burden for his loved ones. I'd rather go face God and meet my destiny.
the_alcatraz said:Easier said than done. God forbid it happens to someone you know, you would pray your heart out that they live so you can hold them one more day
pin said:No. If it were up to me, I'd let them go. It would be to cruel and selfish of me to make them suffer to comfort myself.
what happens if you don't feed him?the_alcatraz said:I thnk mercy killing is still illegal in most places in the world.
Lestat said:what happens if you don't feed him?
Creepusmaximus said:Let the dead die. Science is not your friend in this case.
No this guy has no service to perform, he is gone. His friends and family are worse off with him still being around. Sorry that's how I feel. I have a living will and I would rather someone just came by and shot me then to be like that.
When your gone your gone.
Razorguns said:cue up that metallica song and video.
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Razorguns said:You can't tell me he is relaxing and taking it easy, and not in excruciating mental anguish and pain and frustration.
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the_alcatraz said:I honestly believe that everything happens for a reason. I would imagine there is a reason for him not passing. Maybe to educate people.
SaladFork said:The only reason he's not passing is so this kids parents can keep him alive to suck money out of the Hulk... No parent wants to see their kid in that state. It's people using a misfortunate situation to benefit themselves.

Lestat said:I would not want to live like that. Can I have some sort of will that states that?
cindylou said:yes you can. Its call a living will.
remember terri shrivo (or whatever her name was?)
she was in a veg state and they removed her feeding tube
cindylou said:mercy for the basically dead
gjohnson5 said:Terri Shaivo got removed from life support because he husband was her guardian and she had no will. Hence he got to elect how to handle her care (which was not to and to let her die) Without the support of her family. Basically he won the money from her malpractice suit and then decided to pull the plug on her...
That to this day is still one of the most fucked up things I've seen
In the end her brain injury couldn't be fixed... But he didn't know that
redsamurai said:bro, correct me if I'm wrong........but wasn't she in that veg. state for years before he decided to pull the plug? I mean fuck.........I know he moved on and found another wife and everything. But I still don't find what he did "fucked up". He left her for a long time in that state and there was no progress. I have to beleive that she's grateful as sin to him for letting her move on........just my opinion.
gjohnson5 said:How long she was in a coma isn't the issue.
pin said:No. If it were up to me, I'd let them go. It would be to cruel and selfish of me to make them suffer to comfort myself.
redsamurai said:It kind of is bro. If that was your wife, wouldn't you rather her be able to move on rather than have her religious family keep her in a braindead coma for DECADES hoping for that miracle?? I'd want to be on life support for a certain period of time too just to see if my body could heal itself.........but there's a point where enough is enough.
the_alcatraz said:It's not up to his family to decide whether or not he lives. They have no right to play God.
gjohnson5 said:That's fine. Let's put hope in science , and let them try instead of killing people and running with the money. The other issue in that Shaivo case is that they had a fight (her and her husband) and it's still not clear if he himself delayed in calling the hospital while she laid on the bleeding
His spousal abuse was why she ended up getting a stroke in the first place....
Theresa Marie Schindler "Terri" Schiavo (pronounced /ˈʃaɪvoʊ/ "SHY-vo"; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005) was an American woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a feeding tube. She collapsed in her home on February 25, 1990, and experienced respiratory and cardiac arrest, resulting in extensive brain damage, a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state (PVS) and 15 years of institutionalization. In 1998, Michael Schiavo, her husband and guardian, petitioned the Pinellas County Circuit Court to remove her feeding tube. Robert and Mary Schindler, her parents, opposed this, arguing she was conscious. The court determined that Schiavo would not wish to continue life-prolonging measures.[1] This controversy stretched on for seven years and included involvement by politicians and advocacy groups, notably pro-life and disability rights ones.[2] Before the local court's decision was carried out, on March 18, 2005, the governments of Florida and the United States had passed laws that sought, unsuccessfully, to prevent removal of Schiavo's feeding tube. These events resulted in extensive national and international media coverage.
the_alcatraz said:It's not up to his family to decide whether or not he lives. They have no right to play God.
So don't feed the person or have machines breath for them, see if god can handle all that.the_alcatraz said:It's not up to his family to decide whether or not he lives. They have no right to play God.
She had a severe and long term eating disorder, bulima nervosa that led to a potassium imbalance in her body, heat failure and lack of oxygen to her brain.Peter_North said:I thought she had some type of illness that led to her condition. (schiavo) still her family should have gotten some if not most of her money.
cindylou said:These people would be DEAD without machines.
who is playing God?
She was in that state for 15 fucking years........it just wasn't going to happen. I can't imagine how selfish someone has to be to allow that to go on for that long of a time. That woman was captive here. If we're all supposedly so religious........why not let her go home? I don't get it.gjohnson5 said:http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Terri_abuse.htm
State-Funded Agency to Probe Claim of Spousal Abuse in Terri Schiavo Case
Bone scan and injuries indicate severe trauma and strangulation
TAMPA BAY, October 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Florida State Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, has decided to launch an investigation into the spousal abuse claims of the parents of Terri Schiavo. The severely disabled Florida woman whose life was spared by an executive order by Governor Jeb Bush to halt her court-ordered starvation, has, according to experts, sustained injuries consistent with abuse.
Michael Schiavo, Terri's estranged husband, who has been in a long-fought court battle with Terri's parents to end her life, fuelled suspicions of abuse when he sought and was granted a court order that Terri's remains would be cremated immediately following her death. Terri's parents, the Schindlers, were requesting an autopsy.
Other factors pointing to abuse include:
- Testimony of nurses who looked after Terri indicated that Michael was verbally abusive to Terri and may have attempted to kill her by insulin injection and attempts to induce pneumonia by turning the thermostat in her room to 64 degrees.
- Michael Baden, one of the most acclaimed forensic experts in North America, in an interview on Fox News National Television broadcast Saturday said Terri's bone scan indicates that Terri's injuries are not consistent with the suggested explanation of a heart attack or potassium imbalance. He said they are consistent with severe trauma possibly caused by a beating and would warrant an immediate investigation.
- Dr. William Hammesfahr, Nobel prize nominee and neurologist, testified that Terri's neck injuries are consistent with only one type of injury: that of strangulation.
Commenting on the case, Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition said, "It would come as no surprise to me that she had been abused previous to her disability, knowing that since1993 she has received continuous abuse by being denied basic medical care, visitation of loved ones, religious visits, and any form of rehabilitation."
Schadenberg warned however that the practice of euthanasia by withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from people who are not otherwise dying is common both in the United States and Canada. He pointed out that the argumentation around the case is not addressing the central point that nutrition and hydration should not be considered medical treatment. He noted that a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision wrongly allowed nutrition and hydration to be considered medical treatment.
In response to the six-day denial of food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the National Right to Life Committee is calling on state legislatures throughout the nation to move to protect people with disabilities from being denied food and fluids. The organization has issued a "Model Starvation and Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act."
See the NRLC model legislation for States:
http://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/modelstatelaw.html
Terri's supporters have also asked pro-lifers to encourage AARP to intervene to save Terri's life and not against it: [email protected]
See also
Media 'getting it wrong' on Terri Schiavo story
Press erroneously report she's 'comatose,' doctors also dispute vegetative-state ruling
** People who are aware of the truth are calling in to radio and television stations insisting that they correct the misinformation. For example, Toronto News radio station 680 was reporting last week that Shiavo was in a persistive vegetative state. LifeSite called to say that that was not correct. The news room immediately acknowledged the error and corrected it. This would not have happened had no one called.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35270
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/oct/03102701.html
yeah that can do some major damage itself.velvett said:She had a severe and long term eating disorder, bulima nervosa that led to a potassium imbalance in her body, heat failure and lack of oxygen to her brain.
cindylou said:These people would be DEAD without machines.
who is playing God?
the_alcatraz said:it's defferent.....medicine and technology were meant to help people survive and live in any possible way.....turning the machines off would be like killing them.....in fact, that's exactly what it is...call it mercy killing or ease of suffering if you will....it's still killing
Peter_North said:so its ok to use machines to play god then.......
gjohnson5 said:Anything we can do to heal people is a good thing.
Why this is seen as sacrilegious is unbelievable to me
If anything God is giving us the ability to heal people.
the_alcatraz said:it's defferent.....medicine and technology were meant to help people survive and live in any possible way.....turning the machines off would be like killing them.....in fact, that's exactly what it is...call it mercy killing or ease of suffering if you will....it's still killing
cindylou said:healing and not being able to face death are different
there is no healing here, just delaying whats to come
redsamurai said:these machines aren't "healing" these people though traz........they're merely keeping them "artificially" alive. It's still debateable whether their soul is still even there. As i said before, I don't mind being on life support "IF" there's evidence my body is healing itself. But if after over a decade my situation remains the same, please for the love of god let me go home.
the_alcatraz said:Bro, I see your point completely. I also understand what cindy is saying. But this stems from the way I was raised and my beliefs. Killing, including killing one's self is wrong for whatever purpose...it's just wrong...you can't make that decision...only God can...you have no business taking away a life....
the_alcatraz said:Bro, I see your point completely. I also understand what cindy is saying. But this stems from the way I was raised and my beliefs. Killing, including killing one's self is wrong for whatever purpose...it's just wrong...you can't make that decision...only God can...you have no business taking away a life....
Jon79 said:no matter how much of a dick u guys think i am i cant even watch that..
i saw that shit last night and it made me feel all fucked up all night and i could not sleep....
fuck that.....
i could throw up....silverstar1025 said:Yeah good idea. I feel horrible watching it.
SaladFork said:If you where in that situation would you want to live? I hear bed sores and shitting yourself all day is tons of fun. Not to mention the awesome food you get in a tube.![]()
Razorguns said:There are many times i've reads threads here, and wished for someone to put me out of my misery.
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JumpBallWinner said:Regardless of how you feel about a the whole putting someone out of their misery when they are in a state like thing, I don't see how anyone could want to go about starving the person to death as a means of ending it.
I'd think that rather you agree with the actual doing it or not, that everyone would agree that if it is going to be done, it should be done in the quickest most humane way possible.
Is there any slower more painfull death than being starved to death? Takes like two weeks. Have you ever read about the pains the body starts going through as it tries to eat itself towards the end of the process?
I don't really have a strong stance on rather or not mercy killings should be allowed. The debate is endless and there are thousands and thousands of points that could be made on both sides of the argument. But I do know without question that starving a helpless person to death over the course of weeks is probably the most inhumane and cowardly way to go about it.
Life support is another story. You cut the machines off, their body can't support itself naturally, they die. But starving someone to death??.... I really just don't see how anyone could be in support of that. Hell, why not just drop their helpless body into the deep end of a swimming pool and wait for the bubbles to stop coming up if we're going to look for the worst possible ways to die as a means to go about performing "mercy killings" ?
the_alcatraz said:I would fight until the last breath....but that's just me
velvett said:Not if you were attached to a machine that did the breathing for you.
just sayin'...
the_alcatraz said:That's a scary thought....in fact, truth is...I wouldn't know what to do and how I would react, and none of you would...because none of us has been in this situation before....
the_alcatraz said:That's a scary thought....in fact, truth is...I wouldn't know what to do and how I would react, and none of you would...because none of us has been in this situation before....
velvett said:I'm not sure it would be you to you to make the decison when it happens unless you've already made it.
I have DNR, I don't want to be someone else's burden and I would rather be remembered as I was alive and flourishing.
It's a very personal decision for yourself and in the event you must choose for someone else.
the_alcatraz said:It is quite personal....but if that time comes, who would you like to chose for you?![]()
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