Is the Pope on artificial life support?
According to the new American ethical standard (judicially speaking), Pope John Paul II is now being kept alive by artificial means through a feeding tube. I suppose that makes him a candidate for euthenasia, doesn't it?After all, It doesn't appear he can do much any more...he can't talk and can barely even get up in front of his window. Truth be known, he's probably got a couple of cardinals back there holding him up. So, they might as well just yank that tube right back out and let him go.
Why should he be maintained by artificial means and not be allowed to die with dignity since he can no longer feed himself? Chances are, he's had help feeding himself for some time so maybe he's technically already crossed that line.
Of course, he apparently is fully conscious so I suppose he's still within the realm of "personhood", but he better make sure he tells people around him he's just napping if he nods off...never know.
Fortunate for him, he's not in America or any one of the other countries that have taken a fascination for killing off the old, the unwanted, and the mentally disabled. But, Pope, if you're reading this blog (as I'm sure you are), you better watch your back.
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 3/30/2005 07:25:00 AM
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Only in America will you find poor innocents like Terri being legally murdered and child sex offenders walking free. Scott Peterson is on death row, but Michael Schiavo gets protection from the judicial system, even though they're both adulterers and murderers. The human race never fails to sicken me.
Fortunately, the pope has his own country.
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