When the right to die becomes a duty


	When the right to die becomes a duty

ladyC

5-28-2009 10:03 PM

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ladyC says:

This trend will profoundly effect us- why spend "good" money when they can get rid of you for
$50.

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5-30-2009 10:45 AM

bignosemousie

How long until someone figures out that a person could just bludgeon you to death with a baseball bat for free?

Good clip!

5-30-2009 12:12 PM

jay8h

Great Clip, ladyc. My elderly mother was extremely sick a few years ago and we heard over and over again from her doctors, "let her die with dignity". Well, we denied them that wish and now, fully recovered, she is alive and well. This mind set is beginning to predominate the medical industry. Since the American public took to abortion so readily, how much easier won't it be to kill off the old and sickly.

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