Womble:
My main point though is you cannot discriminate in medical treatment for people who injure themselves through their own stupid actions.
I agree - if we did this consequently =>
what about all overweight people and their diseases (blood pressure, heart etc.)
Those eating too much meat? (Rheumatism, Lumbago, BSE etc.)
Alcoholics?
Drug addicts?
Haemophilia and getting infected by HIV-blood transfer?
People doing dangerous sports?
People driving too fast and getting injured badly? or permanently severed?
Tourists visiting foreign countries, don't take protection med and are chronically ill? (Malaria, intestine diseases?)
Those daring to get pregnant without doing a pre-natal genetic test?
Those climbing on a ladder and breaking their spine?
Those living in polluted areas and getting ill?
Those leaving their house and having a brick fall down on them?
Etc. etc.
Kiya
Where would those social Darwinists with an Old Testamental attitude draw a line ("serves you well, die")? Who is in the position to judge? What about denying any treatment, because someone took the stupid risk to live? Yes, I'm getting ridiculous now - as ridiculous as this part of the discussion is.
My opinion: Life is precious, regardless of race, breed, colour, amount of legs => the first step to an inhuman community is => separation, adding/taking value. The next - not-more-so-large step => euthanasia? Either passive, by denying treatment or ... maybe active?
Germany had a terrible past in this discrimination. It started by saying => a race is not worth to live - went on by saying, disabled are not worth to live and would have probably ended in => all those too small, too thin, too infertile, too darkhaired/fairhaired whatever don't deserve to live.
HEY! Wake up! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
