[Peace-discuss] Liberals and Schiavo

[C. G. Estabrook]

You beg the question [i.e., you commit the logical error of petitio
principii] by asking that one of the points at issue be conceded.  To
answer your question, I don't wish for me or anyone else to be killed by
the state, or anyone else.  --CGE


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Chuck Minne wrote:

> 
> You twist, you twist, and you twist. 
> 
> But let me ask you this: If you were found in a condition where there
> was no doubt that you had a flat EEG and a skull half full of water,
> and had never expressed any opinion on your preference in such a
> situation, what would you wish your loved ones to do? Assume for the
> sake of the question that condition began six weeks ago.
> 
> "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> wrote:Come on, Chuck
> -- it was the government, the state, in the person of the court, that
> ordered she not be fed and hydrated, that a guard be placed to prevent
> anyone's bringing her food and water. The government ended her life:
> the husband didn't shoot her.
> 
> If I were Dr. Maturin, I would challenge you to a duel for that "lie."
> There was in fact no agreement over the "flat EEG and the skull half
> full of water." The court *prevented* the MRI and the PET scan that
> would have determined whether that was true. Why is it so important
> for you to believe it? --CGE
>