2006-09-16 13:16:29 · 19 answers · asked by ibid 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2006-09-16 13:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be kept alive after his/her brain is dead. I want you to look very carefully at that sentence and try and realize the complete contradiction that it represents. You said the brain is dead. That means it has been deprived of oxygen for some reason and now can no longer operate. That means the person is dead, end of story. You can't be kept alive once you're dead, you're still dead but some machines are doing the work your organs can no longer do. Because they are dead and the controlling organ, the brain, is dead.
If every organ but the brain is damaged, that's one thing because technically they are alive but incapable of sustaining life on their own. However, when the brain is dead, they're dead. Plain and simple.
2006-09-16 20:26:30 · answer #2 · answered by azrael505 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why you ask such a tough question on Saturday night? There is a lot of soul searching here but I don't think we can get any kinds of condenses.
If you are spiritual, you may say god gives life and only god can take life. If you are not, anything will do. However, it is easier say than done if the person involved is a member of your own family. You go ahead and let it linger on. Better yet , you go ahead and harvest the organs. I had to deal with it when it was time for my father-in-law to go. We pulled the plug and half an hour later, the priest put his hand on my wife's shoulder and say "I am sorry to admit that I was hoping you wouldn't ask my opinion".
It is easy to have a generic discussion here. However, when you are faced with with a real life decision, I think most of us will follow his or her heart and make a tough personal decision. That is all it matters.
2006-09-16 20:45:51 · answer #3 · answered by robert S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man, don't do that to me! PULL THE PLUG!!! If I have good organs, use them! After that, call it a life for me. I wouldn't want the people I love to see me that way, on tubes and hoses and i.v.s and monitors, yuk!
It is hard to say for other people, what they should do. We try to hang on to that last hope!
Anyway, make a living will, that will clarify it all if you are ever in that situation and encourage the ones you love to do the same thing.
Take Care
2006-09-16 20:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by brandy10006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they have told someone they would like to be kept alive yes....but if not the closest person to the person should decide.If it were me i would tell them not to keep me alive.
2006-09-16 20:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by Mary Beth W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what they want, whether they voiced their wishes before hand. Absent that, it is the decision of the caretaker who is paying for keeping them alive.
2006-09-16 20:22:07 · answer #6 · answered by BrianthePigEatingInfidel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not living and not much of an existence, I hope if it happens, no one would keep my heart pumping without a brain.
2006-09-16 20:21:39 · answer #7 · answered by timer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think we should interfere in that way. It doesnt seem right somehow, but I can understand their loved ones not wanting to let go of hope that some miracle might happen.
2006-09-16 21:02:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no chance of revival, I don't think it's a good idea.
2006-09-16 20:22:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a trick George Bush question isn't it?
2006-09-16 20:21:02 · answer #10 · answered by 43 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
only long enough to harvest their organs for donation
2006-09-16 20:19:17 · answer #11 · answered by house_of_boys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋