Originally Posted By: IrishRogue
Nobody here wants to deny ordinary care (e.g. CPR) to everyone. What we are talking about is EXTRAORDINARY care (e.g. 6 months of ICU care for what is medically an unviable fetus)...


Dude you don't get it....CPR isn't ordinary care....and that fetus in ICU for 6 months has more than once grown up and lived a healthy, productive life. I don't think you are any more qualified playing God than I am...but if you think you know for certain what the future holds good luck.

Engineers and the other examples you cite don't guarantee that the bridge will last forever anymore than doctors do...everything will eventually fail but should the bridge not have been built because we know it won't last forever? Should the doctor not try his/her best because they know death is possible and eventually inevitable?

We shoulda killed Christopher Reeves and Stephen Hawking while we had the chance....and yeah they're rich but insurance paid/ pays for their care....


Edited by RowVsWade (09/21/09 08:33 PM)
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