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From: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons)
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Subject: Re: Euthanasia
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Date: 23 Apr 91 22:21:24 GMT
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Hi Andy,

 AA> Hunt: I agree with SOME,only some of what you say about
 AA> euthanasia, I think the word is used mostly for the dramatic
 AA> effect it stirs up. I just looked the word up in my "Webster
 AA> Dictionary" and can't see anything wrong with it UNTIL I try to
 AA> apply it to the entire population of the world,when we should
 AA> be concerned with (1) individual.

 AA> Andy

Yes, you are right here, but I have to say that the whole thing scares me
greatly. I just *know* that given human nature to be what it is, if you give
leaway, then somebody's gonna take miles and miles. It just makes me cry when
I think of the potential good some of these "euthanizable" people can do. It
may not be measurable in the world's terms, but they improve our lives because
they encourage us to think of others. That, I think is the value inherent in
people the world thinks can be got rid of because they can not speak for
themselves.

Ann P.

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