People With Alzheimer's Have A "Duty To Die"

[MrsSpringsteen]

Originally Posted by Se7en

i think our duty should be to carry out their last known wishes made of sound mind, whatever they may be.

That's not what this baroness person is talking about, whoever she is. She's talking about our wishes, not theirs-that's the point. About easing our burden-and the healthcare system's. Many people with dementia have never voiced those wishes, and it gets to be too late. It's not up to us to voice them for them merely to ease our burdens and to state that they have some duty to die. Why don't we then say that drug addicts, alcoholics, diabetics, people with ALS, any number of people have a duty to die?

[anitram]

Originally Posted by MrsSpringsteen

Why don't we then say that drug addicts, alcoholics, diabetics, people with ALS, any number of people have a duty to die?

She may agree with all of that as well, actually - wouldn't surprise me.