Subj : Death Wish
To   : BOB KLAHN
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Fri Dec 05 2014 02:07 am

Hello Bob,

BK>>> You see, in England they can give heroin to patients in extreme
BK>>> pain. That is a big difference.

LL>> We give morphine to those we deem in need.  And we justify
LL>> it on the same grounds as do those in England who give
LL>> heroin to patients.

BK> Except that Heroin is not legal here, yet, from what I have
BK> read, much more effective.

So is a quick punch to the head.  But with morphine, or heroin,
one does not have to break a hand or crack a skull.

BK>>> Then there's the fear of making terminal patients drug addicts.

LL>> It is not just terminal patients who are drug addicts.

BK> Yeah, but worrying about making terminal patients into drug
BK> addicts is terminal stupidity.

The medical establishment has been making nonterminal patients
into drug addicts for years.  Doctors write a scrip for painkillers.
Their patient takes the pills for three to six months, and becomes
addicted.  No longer being able to get a scrip for those [legal]
drugs, patients turn to other sources.  A few decades ago we called
folks like that `junkies'.  Today we call those same folks our
next door neighbors.

BK>>> The other fear is, the drugs will shorten the patient's life.

LL>> Yeah.  That's like saying pot will stunt your growth.
LL>> Nobody on painkillers/heroin is going to believe that.

BK> Any patient dying in agony might consider that a blessing.

At least they get a high when going out the door.

BK>>> Chose, 6 weeks of extreme pain, or 4 weeks free from pain. BK>>Not hard
BK> by my thinking.

LL>> Hit me, man!  Hit me!  I wanna feel good hoo ha!

BK> SMACK! Now behave yourself.

Thanks! I needed that!

LL>> In theory, the same could be done with humans.  Would
LL>> cloning humans for body parts be ethical?  I doubt it.
LL>> Which is why we should clone neandertals instead.

BK> No, repubicans will do just as well.

I'm not sure anybody would want any of John Boehner's
body parts.  I mean, the guy does smoke like a chimney ...

--Lee

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