[extropy-chat] Thoughts on Schiavo

[Mike Lorrey]

Firstly, I have always supported the right to die.

The sole legitimate purpose of government is to help individuals defend
themselves against force or fraud. If they are incapable of doing so,
they must be the ward of another individual, or the state, which must
be held responsible for any force or fraud that befalls them.

Contrary to claims by some here, Terri never was witnessed by anyone
but her husband to have expressed a desire to not be sustained in the
sort of condition she is in, and even he never mentioned such a desire
until she was a good ten years into her current condition. As there
were no other witnesses, and no signed contract in the form of a living
will, the default choice should be to sustain her life and provide as
much therapy to improve her condition as possible, therapy that her
husband has steadfastly denied her, if only to determine what her true
intent is.

I find it extremely paradoxical and hypocritical that so many who
profess support for the idea that people should not have to die from
current day 'incurable' maladies, as the rationale for cryonic
suspension, so blatantly support the depraved negligence toward the
intent to end this woman's life by both her clearly abusive and
possibly homicidal husband whose activities are being supported by the
state.

--- Joseph Bloch <jbloch at humanenhancement.com> wrote:
> So you're in favor of government intervention in this case?
> 

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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