[闲聊] 存在？死亡？那个更好？你会选择哪个？
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let it be
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is right thing to do
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Re: Re: Re: Re: [闲聊] 存在？死亡？那个更好？你会选择哪个？
You are talking about the principle, and I was talking about the implementation.
I agree with you on principle, but I disagree with your view on the implementation of such principle. No one was debatting on whether Terri Schiavo has a right to live, that's a no brainer, the issue at hand is more of the the "right to die". Religious opponents argue that God, not humans, should decide the time for death. Non-religious groups worry that the right of disabled people would be violated if either assisted suicide or euthanasia is legalized.
Do you think Ms. Schiavo should have the right to end her own life if she is capable of making such decision? Sure, no law is incriminating suicide. So the issue at hand is not whether she has the right, but rather who gets to decide. In this particular case, Michael Schiavo did not try to decide for Terri, he followed a procedure permitted by Florida courts, basically asking the court to decide for Terri's life.
There are a few similar cases in Canada that were equally controversial. Sue Rodriguez fought the law prohibiting assisted suicide all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, but lost. Robert Latimer is still serving his 14 years sentence for euthanasia of his quadriplegic bed-bound daughter Tracy who suffered cerebral palsy.
Personally I do not have an answer to this question, but the lesson I've learned from this case is: write your living will NOW.
You are talking about the principle, and I was talking about the implementation.
I agree with you on principle, but I disagree with your view on the implementation of such principle. No one was debatting on whether Terri Schiavo has a right to live, that's a no brainer, the issue at hand is more of the the "right to die". Religious opponents argue that God, not humans, should decide the time for death. Non-religious groups worry that the right of disabled people would be violated if either assisted suicide or euthanasia is legalized.
Do you think Ms. Schiavo should have the right to end her own life if she is capable of making such decision? Sure, no law is incriminating suicide. So the issue at hand is not whether she has the right, but rather who gets to decide. In this particular case, Michael Schiavo did not try to decide for Terri, he followed a procedure permitted by Florida courts, basically asking the court to decide for Terri's life.
There are a few similar cases in Canada that were equally controversial. Sue Rodriguez fought the law prohibiting assisted suicide all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, but lost. Robert Latimer is still serving his 14 years sentence for euthanasia of his quadriplegic bed-bound daughter Tracy who suffered cerebral palsy.
Personally I do not have an answer to this question, but the lesson I've learned from this case is: write your living will NOW.
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Actually there are people around us who play God all the time: judges, doctors, politicians. So why is this case so particular? Is it because that Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube is symbolic of her life, so that we can directly associate life with a tube?
