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Gramps and Cherry have it. Its ugly, sure. The husband sounds awfully self serving. But spending resources on people that can no longer contribute to society, on the off hand chance that they might rehabilitate? on the same token, im not a big proponent of life terms in prision.

The thing that bothers me the most, is that they are going to euthanize her through starvation. at least make it lethal injection - starvations a cold, cold, way to go.

which isnt to say that there are not enough resources to care for her, and the homeless, and the hungry. there definitly ARE. we have just made a consious decision as a society not to use those resources towards those ends. and with good reason.

Though by "wasting" resources on the infirm (instead of throwing inferior babies in ditches, like the Spartans...) we DO help develop more advanced medical procedures that we would not otherwise develop. but is the medical effort worth the backwards evolutionary steps?

OH NO! the Meaning of Life! Another Philosophy Thread! Socialists vs Capitalist Pigs! Run! Euthanasia! Value of life! Devolution! we'll be talking about forign policy, next! DOOM! DOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOM! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!