gauchecritic
When there are grey skies
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Not stripping a spouse of gaurdianship is well and good but if they do hold that he has the power of life and death over his wife then they are sanctioning euthenasia please tell me, are there any laws that approve of euthenasia? (not including DNR requests or ultimate pain relief)
Another, to my mind, equally valid objection is that a living will is easily set aside from what I have gathered here. (particularly in same sex partnerships)
Doesn't the fact(?) of numerous girlfriends show that his guardianship is flawed?
Again I would say that until the circumstances arise I doubt that the wishes of a healthy person can bear little fruit on a future debility, (you might find it much more desirable to live in that condition than not) which leads me to suspect that deliberate withdrawal of simple care is then left to someone without the necessary knowledge to make that kind of decision.
Dignity and the desire to die.
Dignity is a value judgement entirely dependant on a persons state of mind (and of course societal pressure to some extent) Do you still maintain the same dignity now that you did when you were 12? You're dignity then was not to go showing your knickers to the boys. Not to suck your thumb like a baby. Is it now less dignified for you to show some thong to the right guy? To suck your thumb when you want to be an ingenue?
I work with people who would rather have died than have a guy help them go to the toilet before they were in the position where they were dependant on a guy helping them go to the toilet. Values change.
Until late in the last century it was a criminal offence over here to suicide. (on the other hand it was also a criminal offence to be gay [though not lesbian]). I don't believe there is any such thing (legally or otherwise) that gives anyone the right to die. This isn't a religious thing on my part, it's that I believe dying (in many circumstances) is a very selfish and hurtful thing to do to those left behind. (again notwithstanding DNR or total pain relief)
What I have probably been unable to get across in my view of this is that I'm neither for nor against brain death release, what I cannot understand is how the husband can't release his wife to her parents care, given the above paragraphs.
Sordid squabbling is a lot more undignified than being cared for.
Another, to my mind, equally valid objection is that a living will is easily set aside from what I have gathered here. (particularly in same sex partnerships)
Doesn't the fact(?) of numerous girlfriends show that his guardianship is flawed?
Again I would say that until the circumstances arise I doubt that the wishes of a healthy person can bear little fruit on a future debility, (you might find it much more desirable to live in that condition than not) which leads me to suspect that deliberate withdrawal of simple care is then left to someone without the necessary knowledge to make that kind of decision.
Dignity and the desire to die.
Dignity is a value judgement entirely dependant on a persons state of mind (and of course societal pressure to some extent) Do you still maintain the same dignity now that you did when you were 12? You're dignity then was not to go showing your knickers to the boys. Not to suck your thumb like a baby. Is it now less dignified for you to show some thong to the right guy? To suck your thumb when you want to be an ingenue?
I work with people who would rather have died than have a guy help them go to the toilet before they were in the position where they were dependant on a guy helping them go to the toilet. Values change.
Until late in the last century it was a criminal offence over here to suicide. (on the other hand it was also a criminal offence to be gay [though not lesbian]). I don't believe there is any such thing (legally or otherwise) that gives anyone the right to die. This isn't a religious thing on my part, it's that I believe dying (in many circumstances) is a very selfish and hurtful thing to do to those left behind. (again notwithstanding DNR or total pain relief)
What I have probably been unable to get across in my view of this is that I'm neither for nor against brain death release, what I cannot understand is how the husband can't release his wife to her parents care, given the above paragraphs.
Sordid squabbling is a lot more undignified than being cared for.