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To OP: @basedgod > "health insurance shouldn't mean we'll do whatever it takes to keep somebody alive no matter what" Yeah, I bet when it comes to your own he

To OP: @basedgod > "health insurance shouldn't mean we'll do whatever it takes to keep somebody alive no matter what" Yeah, I bet when it comes to your own healthcare you'll want your provider to do whatever it takes to keep you alive. Because you think your life matters. You care so much for the value of your own life but so little for the lives of others. You really do think you are some kind of "god" saying who should live and who should die. You need to look in the mirror and realize that you aren't God.

blfr 5y ago
> Yeah, I bet when it comes to your own healthcare you'll want your provider to do whatever it takes to keep you alive. Because you think your life matters. I don't know. I don't think I would want to be kept alive through a host of crippling medical conditions for a few more months without much hope for a normal life afterwards.
threatofrain 5y ago
As members of a representative state, we do have the responsibility to decide how people live and die. People who say they don't want to play god are just saying they're okay with someone else dirtying their hands, because whether in a democracy or an authoritarian government, someone will be making these decisions.
kelnos 5y ago
> I bet when it comes to your own healthcare you'll want your provider to do whatever it takes to keep you alive. I can't say what I'd do with any certainty (hard to predict what people will do when death comes knocking), but I very much hope that I would choose a comfortable death over a shorter period of time, if the alternative is pain and a low quality of life for a somewhat longer period of time. Please dispense with the "playing god" rhetoric. There are those who believe that any medical interventions at all constitute "playing god". This has nothing to do with playing god, and everything to do with finding the most humane, compassionate outcomes. I dare say the outcome OP and his wife experienced was neither humane nor compassionate, not toward them or toward their child. And on top of that pain, now the couple may be saddled with medical bills that could destroy them financially.
- good8675309 5y ago
  @kelnos I agree what happened was tragic and can't imagine but my comment was to @basedgod, the OP of this comment thread whose comment was so vulgar and devoid of care of the value of human life that it was flagged into the sun. His rhetoric was that of someone who believes they are a god. The idea that this type of thinking would have any support is terrifying and echoes back to some of history's worst atrocities.

blfr 5y ago

> Yeah, I bet when it comes to your own healthcare you'll want your provider to do whatever it takes to keep you alive. Because you think your life matters. I don't know. I don't think I would want to be kept alive through a host of crippling medical conditions for a few more months without much hope for a normal life afterwards.

threatofrain 5y ago

As members of a representative state, we do have the responsibility to decide how people live and die. People who say they don't want to play god are just saying they're okay with someone else dirtying their hands, because whether in a democracy or an authoritarian government, someone will be making these decisions.

kelnos 5y ago

> I bet when it comes to your own healthcare you'll want your provider to do whatever it takes to keep you alive. I can't say what I'd do with any certainty (hard to predict what people will do when death comes knocking), but I very much hope that I would choose a comfortable death over a shorter period of time, if the alternative is pain and a low quality of life for a somewhat longer period of time. Please dispense with the "playing god" rhetoric. There are those who believe that any medical interventions at all constitute "playing god". This has nothing to do with playing god, and everything to do with finding the most humane, compassionate outcomes. I dare say the outcome OP and his wife experienced was neither humane nor compassionate, not toward them or toward their child. And on top of that pain, now the couple may be saddled with medical bills that could destroy them financially.

good8675309 5y ago
@kelnos I agree what happened was tragic and can't imagine but my comment was to @basedgod, the OP of this comment thread whose comment was so vulgar and devoid of care of the value of human life that it was flagged into the sun. His rhetoric was that of someone who believes they are a god. The idea that this type of thinking would have any support is terrifying and echoes back to some of history's worst atrocities.