tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post8453345401860600399..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: Alfie and end of life careLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-39769501946592394222018-05-06T17:52:47.247+01:002018-05-06T17:52:47.247+01:00I'm sorry to say the Hospice movement (no doub...I'm sorry to say the Hospice movement (no doubt with some exceptions) has wholeheartedly embraced the culture of death. Several of us have personal experience of hospices refusing patients fluids or having to be fought with to deliver them and much more on the same lines. In fact some doctors say that it is the palliative care teams from the hospices that have imported this attitude into hospitals.Good Counselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08853036194042438851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-52755211437087661062018-05-05T22:47:29.338+01:002018-05-05T22:47:29.338+01:00That’s right. Bland died of dyhydration by court o...That’s right. Bland died of dyhydration by court order, because, they said, giving him food and water was not in his interests.Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-5205102602082548572018-05-05T22:45:47.223+01:002018-05-05T22:45:47.223+01:00It is reported speech - I don’t know what the doct...It is reported speech - I don’t know what the doctor’s choice of words was. Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-51617642517932230742018-05-05T21:03:00.471+01:002018-05-05T21:03:00.471+01:00Thank you for the correction. Meanwhile in paragra...Thank you for the correction. Meanwhile in paragraph 25 the judge appears to be quoting Dr M and so is not responsible for the choice of words. He does seem to rely on this later in paragraph 51. From this he proceeds to his conclusion with great haste.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036933832060349206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-10322562172243136242018-05-04T08:23:36.279+01:002018-05-04T08:23:36.279+01:00The House of Lords court said it was in the Bland ...The House of Lords court said it was in the Bland case of 1993. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-8606651923120692162018-05-04T07:56:55.711+01:002018-05-04T07:56:55.711+01:00Joseph Does the law state that food id the same as...Joseph Does the law state that food id the same as medical treatment?margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651373492022275630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-86919735751445938252018-05-03T23:37:36.500+01:002018-05-03T23:37:36.500+01:00Today in America a Superintendent of a public scho...Today in America a Superintendent of a public school, was arrested for defecating daily on his own school's football field. Yes, you read that correctly, this man, who had a PhD (a lofty degree), and had likely worked his way up through the academic ranks, had the highest position possible in a public school, and yet he was, frankly and mysteriously, pooping on the field daily, after his morning jog around the school's track. They had to set up cameras to catch the perpetrator in the act, and it turned out to be the Superintendent, who probably earned at least $125,000 in his yearly salary.<br />Why do I mention this weird and unsavory incident? Because most people put far too much credence in what some "professional" thinks about anything, and as we saw with Stephen Hawking, who was an avowed atheist, a person can be highly educated in one realm but know little to nothing about another realm, and in fact, can be quite a jackass or idiot about important matters. <br />What was done to a vulnerable child, in the once-great nation of England, is shocking and evil. That this killer mindset has taken root in England cannot be disputed. The killing of a helpless baby has been apparently accepted by many as a regrettable but necessary thing, and it is not that, it is the cold, hard embrace of satanic violence against a small child, and the cold-blooded and cruel torture of his parents, most notably his heroic and determined father, who strove with all his might to save his tiny boy from the beasts with suits who openly sought his life and said so. The man was treated with contempt by the court when his only crime was defending the life of his baby, so much loved and treasured, just the way he was. What does it do to a man to be told you must smile and be pleasant, demonstrate a "sea change" in your attitude, or the gods that reign will not be happy with you, may even charge you with a crime for making threats about lawsuits. So don't go to lengths in England to defend your baby, lest you be found uncivil or lacking in gratitude for the regime that seeks your baby's life. How horrible to contemplate. It has made England a horror show, a nation where a privileged baby is lauded but a poor, sick baby is forcibly offed by a deranged state gone mad with power.<br />Kathleen1031https://www.blogger.com/profile/10201084623185206141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-30038248878653440592018-05-03T22:50:10.317+01:002018-05-03T22:50:10.317+01:00Thanks, corrected.Thanks, corrected.Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-26413754596936883072018-05-03T22:33:13.832+01:002018-05-03T22:33:13.832+01:00Hayden, not Haydon. Best spell his name right.Hayden, not Haydon. Best spell his name right.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036933832060349206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-7623557989495799922018-05-03T21:19:44.974+01:002018-05-03T21:19:44.974+01:00It's sad and sinister when judges, upon whom w...It's sad and sinister when judges, upon whom we rely for a clear exposition and interpretation of the law, have such a poor command of the English language.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-77963470514767813652018-05-03T18:52:20.707+01:002018-05-03T18:52:20.707+01:00One might assume that this would mean that Alfie&#...<i>One might assume that this would mean that Alfie's life was characterised by suffering, but on this topic Haydon got himself into a muddle. The doctors agreed that Alfie was very probably not capable of any kind of perception or sensation, including suffering. It is a key component of the judgement that Alfie was not responding to stimuli, apart from spinal reflexes; much space is occupied by this issue. According to Haydon, it follows from this that Alfie's life is not worth prolonging. But when it came to the plan to move him, it is the possibility that Alfie could feel pain which is suddenly given salience. If this possibility is a serious one, however, then Haydon's determination that Alfie could not derive any positive comfort or pleasure from his parents and others is called into question. You can't have it both ways.</i><br /><br />Yes, I was struck by this inconsistency, not to mention the bizarre insistence that it would be too dangerous to move Alfie to Italy, when the hospital was planning to let him die anyway. Frankly it looks awfully like the courts and doctors had already decided to kill him, and were just appealing to whatever argument seemed most convenient at the time, no matter how inconsistent it was with what they'd previously said.Gaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683100808581061355noreply@blogger.com