Rog Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Funny old world. I see the pope is having (or probably by now has had) a 'feeding tube' inserted. Why the doctors don't withdraw medical intervention beyond palliative care and let that doddering old man simply slither off into oblivion as he so obviously now should defeats me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digga Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 I agree, let god be his co-pilot, poor sod looks like he is only a puppet for the monster that is the vatican, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Rog said that doddering old man Digga said poor sod looks Cheap shots The comments are pretty unpleasant too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 There are some very curious and questioning Iberian types looking for you Rog. They seemed rather vexed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 If you can't see the difference Rog there's no hope for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 If you can't see the difference Rog there's no hope for you. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Difference between what? I’m not drawing parallels between the murder of Terri, I am simply raising the question of when medical intervention should be limited to providing pain relief and allowing nature to take its course. In the same way that doctors will often hold back from prescribing antibiotics when a profoundly ill old person contracts pneumonia preferring rather to let nature take its course. Not for nothing is pneumonia also known as ‘The Old Mans Friend’. And as for the pope, he IS a doddering old man. Not a cheap shot, a statement of fact. Is he a poor old sod? Not an unfair assertion and not my words but I would be comfortable using them as I happen to feel pity for him. It seems to me that like Brezhnev after his last stroke and being kept on life support long after brain death was pronounced as Andropov was engaged in his struggle that he eventually won, the pope may well be being kept alive as a policy using methods that are not in the best interests of the man whilst power battles rage within the Vatican. These things DO happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 if the pope had wanted to die already he'd have jumped out of his little window by now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwilde Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 ...and they'd have pulled him back up again with his tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Terri is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 Terri is dead. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This thread is about the pope. Nonetheless I will spare a few moments in trying to imagine how terrible her parents must be feeling and hope that neither I nor any of mine ever have to feel the same. And if that sounds corny then tough. It's precisely what I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posters Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Strange country, America. They kill prisoners more humanely than their hospital patients Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamus Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Strange country, America. They kill prisoners more humanely than their hospital patients <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well said. Back on thread. I am not a Roman Catholic but I feel sorry for the Pope. I hope he is not being allowed to suffer pain and discomfort against his will for "a few breaths more" for whatever the hidden politics that goes on in the Vatican. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave the Cardboard Box Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 There are some very curious and questioning Iberian types looking for you Rog. They seemed rather vexed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I bet Rog is not expecting them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 There are some very curious and questioning Iberian types looking for you Rog. They seemed rather vexed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I bet Rog is not expecting them.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why would Rog be expecting Spaniards to be looking for him? Ahhhh.... The Inquisition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil For I will still be the meanest son of a bitch for miles around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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