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09-23-2014, 09:34 AM
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75: time to die.
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09-23-2014, 10:02 AM
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Thanks for posting, just glanced at it. Will read the rest when I have time. One thought is he can do what he wants but keep it to himself- don't make it a public policy prescription for all. The fact that it was published in the Atlantic May be for a reason, not a good one.
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09-23-2014, 10:15 AM
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What a fool this man is...
A buddhist teacher I once knew would say that we should never talk, unless we could improve on the silence which pervaded before we decided to open our mouths. That was the first thought to come to my mind as I read this article. A perfectly healthy 57-year old, who just climbed mount Kilimanjaro, is making a public announcement that he'd like to die at 75 years of age. And we are supposed to believe him. 
If you wanted credibility, doctor...then you should have postponed the writing of this article until the year 2031.
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09-23-2014, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by RunForTheRoses
One thought is he can do what he wants but keep it to himself- don't make it a public policy prescription for all.
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Good luck with that. The author is Zeke Emanuel. His brother, Rahm, is the current mayor of Chicago. Zeke is generally known as Obama's primary adviser on health issues in general and on ObamaCare in particular. From the WSJ:
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, health adviser to President Barack Obama, is under scrutiny. As a bioethicist, he has written extensively about who should get medical care, who should decide, and whose life is worth saving. Dr. Emanuel is part of a school of thought that redefines a physician’s duty, insisting that it includes working for the greater good of society instead of focusing only on a patient’s needs. Many physicians find that view dangerous, and most Americans are likely to agree.
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09-23-2014, 10:59 AM
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I say we grant his wish early and call it an obamacare success story 
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09-23-2014, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by HUSKER55
I say we grant his wish early and call it an obamacare success story |
Then who would be in charge of the Death Panels? 
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09-23-2014, 11:22 AM
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How I want to go
In my 90s - shot to death by a jealous husband.
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Want to know what's wrong with this country?
Here it is, in a nutshell: Millions of people are
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he can manage to stay out of prison. Think about it.
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09-23-2014, 11:33 AM
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With very few exceptions, people die when God decides they will.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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09-23-2014, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
With very few exceptions, people die when God decides they will.
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What are the exceptions? Doesn't God decide EVERYTHING?
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09-23-2014, 11:44 AM
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Genetics determine how long you can live.
Behavior and luck determine how close you get to that potential.
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09-23-2014, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by badcompany
Genetics determine how long you can live.
Behavior and luck determine how close you get to that potential.
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But can behavior and luck allow someone to EXCEED one's genetic potential?
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09-23-2014, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
What are the exceptions? Doesn't God decide EVERYTHING?
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This is not religious thread and I should not have made that post. They can delete it if they want.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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09-23-2014, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
This is not religious thread...
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Yes, it is. 
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09-23-2014, 02:04 PM
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For many on both fringes of the political spectrum, public policy is a matter of blind faith.
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09-23-2014, 02:27 PM
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I have to agree no more tests after 75 except our teeth.....what got to me was (feeble,ineffectual even pathetic) how we are remembered by our family. As Woody said I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens..........
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