ON THE MOVE

That's me in there!!!!

Telegraph | News | Israelis to be allowed euthanasia by machine

Ok, now we know what is really happening.

Israelis to be allowed euthanasia by machine

or to put it more simply....

{snipped from IMDB Quotes on Soylant Green}


Det. Thorn: It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!

Hatcher: I promise, Tiger. I promise. I'll tell the exchange.

Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people! We've gotta stop them somehow!


The thing that really ticks me off about this is that it is (in this case) technically ok to allow a machine to take a life, but does not consider that giving consent to NOT correct the machine is ok. To me, that is a little like setting a bomb to go off in an area where people will be, then walking away. It was my understanding that in Jewish law you aren't supposed to work on the Sabbath, but if someone is injured you should give aid; if someone is dying, it is ok to help them. But in this case, it is perfectly ok, no matter the day, to ignore the fact that a machine is being turned off.

Ok, ok, I know that it is important to recognize that a person's quality of life may be at stake here. These are decisions that patients (and hopefully physicians and family) are making. I also know that people have the right to do what is right for them as long as it does not stop someone else from having a similar liberty. But by having a machine "make the action" does not take away the culpability of someone actually having made the decision to make the action. Hide behind what you like. Use rules that work for you. At the end of the day someone is still responsible for killing the other person.

Who knows. If I were terminally ill I might feel differently - my heart and mind tell me otherwise. (Personally I feel that this isn't a decision that is made, but rather prayed over and handed to God.)