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> If you can’t agree with the hyperbole then you’re in the wrong making grand blanket statements about the way things work and saying nothing can convince you o
by antisthenes 4y ago
> If you can’t agree with the hyperbole then you’re in the wrong making grand blanket statements about the way things work and saying nothing can convince you otherwise
You don't get to magically negate my argument with a strawman you invented, sorry.
If you don't want the described case to be your own case, then make the necessary arrangements where the doctor isn't making such decisions.
- oneoff786 4y agoYou asserted > Those 2 groups of people will firmly be labeled as pieces of shit in my mind and no amount of arguments will ever sway that position. But are now implying that you would be agree with my example if it were true. Thus demonstrating that your statement is wrong. You are willing to engage in cost benefit analysis for elder care. This case is simply easy and improbable to arise. We can play with the numbers until you think it’s realistic and unreasonable. The point remains. Straw men are dumb. But not as dumb as absolute sweeping statements of certainty. There are many, many cases of expensive medical treatments that extend life in a miserable fashion. There are many cases of expensive medical treatments that extend life in a non miserable fashion. Doesn’t mean they make sense to do. Doesn’t make you an asshole to think about it.