Portiea wrote:This is really a tough one as you say. In my mind, I make an analogy to freedom of speech, of which I am a staunch defender, though it is painful to stick with it when I see, hear, and read some of the things people say--like neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. However, it is a slippery slope, and if we start making choices as to who,why, or when, and include in it revenge and retribution, well, the slope just gets more and more slippery. If your country has laws of right to life and no capital punishment, for everyone, then it has to apply here. The cost of keeping her alive is probably minimal, in the bigger picture. However, it is as frustrating and infuriating as can be, especially when you think of people who are waiting for medical care or just not gettting it because of lack of funds.
Yes lack of...very much like other 'lucky' countries...
An urgent op for bowel cancer usually about ten months waiting list....
Probably sounds familiar..
Being a rather small community here makes it difficult..she is in the local hospital where I work...
Everyone remembers the courtcase...she laughed the entire time and said her husbands needs turned her on...
Good post Portiea
Quite frankly I am glad I have one more day of work there before I leave for Ireland....may be tempted to feed her some arsenic..
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