Subj : Death Wish
To   : LEE LOFASO
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Thu Dec 04 2014 01:09:00


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 BK>> You see, in England they can give heroin to patients in extreme
 BK>> pain. That is a big difference.

 LL> We give morphine to those we deem in need.  And we justify
 LL> it on the same grounds as do those in England who give
 LL> heroin to patients.

 Except that Heroin is not legal here, yet, from what I have
 read, much more effective.

 BK>> Then there's the fear of making terminal patients drug addicts.

 LL> It is not just terminal patients who are drug addicts.

 Yeah, but worrying about making terminal patients into drug
 addicts is terminal stupidity.

 BK>> The other fear is, the drugs will shorten the patient's life.

 LL> Yeah.  That's like saying pot will stunt your growth.
 LL> Nobody on painkillers/heroin is going to believe that.

 Any patient dying in agony might consider that a blessing.

 BK>> Chose, 6 weeks of extreme pain, or 4 weeks free from pain. Not hard by my
 BK>> thinking.

 LL> Hit me, man!  Hit me!  I wanna feel good hoo ha!

 SMACK! Now behave yourself.

 LL> In theory, the same could be done with humans.  Would
 LL> cloning humans for body parts be ethical?  I doubt it.
 LL> Which is why we should clone neandertals instead.

 No, repubicans will do just as well.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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