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gleaner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 04:35 AM
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91. You made it perfectly clear....
People have no intrinsic worth to you and exist only in the abstract. Of course people have a right to refuse medical treatment or transit, but money should not have to be the reason. As to someone who might be in shock and not realize that they are injured or the extent of the injury, I think they should be given the time to assess what has happened to them and decide what to do when their brains have not been slammed around their craniums. Dying later is not, I think what most people would want. But then, as you have made clear twice, that does not matter to you.

I do dispute that there is a disparate value for people's lives. Who makes that decision? Who decides what someone is worth? Do you do that? If you do, what if someone else decides that you are only worth three cents? Do you meekly agree and lie down and die for them?

I don't know your values or what you contribute to others, but I do feel sorry for you. It may be because a post has no tone, but you come off as very intolerant and rigid. We share our lives and our world with many different types of people and not all of them can, our should, live up to standards others set for them. Only robots walk in lock step and value conformity and lack of empathy as a way to achieve a productive and happy life.
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