Friday, May 1, 2009

To live or let go?

Nowadays, we can’t even die peacefully without someone arguing over your life or death, mentally or physically. We all have a time to go, some sooner than others. Yes, you should die of natural causes, not by the help of something or someone else. In hospitals, you’re being kept alive by machines, so is it that you are on the brink of death, but something is keeping you here. Personally, I don’ think it is our decision to argue whether a person should live or die, especially a person who is immobile for 17 years. I don’t get why the government and other people related to this force this issue, maybe for political reasons. There are too many questions surrounding this, that I myself don’t even half an opinion. I mean other people who are alive and well are starving to death without any help from anyone. But the one who is dead mentally and physically are being force fed to live. I don’t see the logic in this. Yes, everyone should live, but let go, if someone who is related to them made a decision or themselves made a decision before their vegetative state to let them survive on their own without machines. It is much harder for the family than for the public to let go. It's not like they are making an irrational judgement. Each case is different and unique, what applies to one may not apply to the other. We don’t know how long someone might be in a coma. After a period of time, if you think to let go, let go. There are miracles out there of people waking up after spending years in a coma. That miracle might not be for everyone.

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