Utah Parents of Boy With Cancer Sue State
Utah Parents of Boy With Cancer Sue State
....OK so it's things ilke this that have me in an uproar.
Just like the message of the movie 'Million Dollar Baby' - the ONLY people with the right to decide what is best for THEM (baring any mental insufficiencies) - is THAT person; if it's a minor it would then fall on the parents or guardians....
How dare the state make a decision or take away the right of these parents to make a decision for their child. I hate to tell people this but guess what - doctors are wrong sometimes....that's right - last time I checked they make mistakes - it's called being human...it's why they PRACTICE medicine.
What if *I* don't want chemo? Am I going to be forced to have it? Likewise, what if *I* don't want to live anymore if I know I am going to die, am I going to be forced to stay alive?
Wanna make a bet? No I won't. And no one is going to force me to do otherwise, because I have something called a brain, AND free will AND the ability to make a decision on my own. And if that decision is flawed by my 'emotional' state - too friggin' bad.
Look I understand there are abusive parents out there and I understand in some situations exist where the state DOES have to intervene - but in most cases, where a loving, functioning parent in involved, that's not the case. This young boy is now HEALTHY. Can you imagine what would have happened had the parents agreed to the treatment?
What is it with us as humans that we THINK we have the right to force others to 'hang in there' even when they don't want to? Even when it might be in their best interests to not do so? Even when ALTERNATIVE therapies can be just as (if not more effective)???
I think we are selfish and incredibly stupid to think that we have a right to determine the way another person lives, loves and finally dies.... as long as what they are doing is not harmful to any other human being or does not pose a threat to another human (and I don't mean kids losing their parents - kids lose their parents everyday - and vice versa)...the short answer is that we don't.
Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it.
....OK so it's things ilke this that have me in an uproar.
Just like the message of the movie 'Million Dollar Baby' - the ONLY people with the right to decide what is best for THEM (baring any mental insufficiencies) - is THAT person; if it's a minor it would then fall on the parents or guardians....
How dare the state make a decision or take away the right of these parents to make a decision for their child. I hate to tell people this but guess what - doctors are wrong sometimes....that's right - last time I checked they make mistakes - it's called being human...it's why they PRACTICE medicine.
What if *I* don't want chemo? Am I going to be forced to have it? Likewise, what if *I* don't want to live anymore if I know I am going to die, am I going to be forced to stay alive?
Wanna make a bet? No I won't. And no one is going to force me to do otherwise, because I have something called a brain, AND free will AND the ability to make a decision on my own. And if that decision is flawed by my 'emotional' state - too friggin' bad.
Look I understand there are abusive parents out there and I understand in some situations exist where the state DOES have to intervene - but in most cases, where a loving, functioning parent in involved, that's not the case. This young boy is now HEALTHY. Can you imagine what would have happened had the parents agreed to the treatment?
What is it with us as humans that we THINK we have the right to force others to 'hang in there' even when they don't want to? Even when it might be in their best interests to not do so? Even when ALTERNATIVE therapies can be just as (if not more effective)???
I think we are selfish and incredibly stupid to think that we have a right to determine the way another person lives, loves and finally dies.... as long as what they are doing is not harmful to any other human being or does not pose a threat to another human (and I don't mean kids losing their parents - kids lose their parents everyday - and vice versa)...the short answer is that we don't.
Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it.
posted by Colette at 10:38 AM
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