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From: Anton.Johnson@f56.n161.z1.fidonet.org (Anton Johnson)
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Subject: Re: EUTHANASIA
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Date: 25 Apr 91 18:22:08 GMT
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Greetings Gary, let me state who I am for the record.  I am one who
is 100% against euthanasia but I do not care to argue the point, as
this is my position.  I am also a born again Christian that
believes everything that the Bible has to say.

I believe that you have the right to make the choice about life
support systems as long as you are of sound mind and have a full
understanding of the decision that is being made by yourself.
Euthanasia and the refusal of life support systems are not always
the same thing.  If there is reasonable possibilities that a person
can recover from an injury or illness with a good chance to have a
productive life then by all means life support should be put into
effect.  If there is no reasonable possibility for recovery and a
person such as yourself has requested that life support not be used
then it should not be used.

I believe (as a Christian) that each individual should have the
right to make this choice.  If God wants that person around for
sometime to come than the person will survive no matter what
without the lifesupport system.  If God does not want to keep
someone around they can be gone tomorrow even with a life support
system.  There have been what I will refer to as horror stories
where folks have been forced to use life support systems for those
that are brain dead.  In one case not all that long ago life
support was finally removed and the individual continued to live
for sometime after that.  Life support systems are not always
needed and sometimes can cause many more problems than they can
solve.

I will not reply to anyone that is going to argue euthanasia.
Anton...

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