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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:00 AM Original message |
Pope's 'Living Will' Wants Life Support to the End (Reuters) |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. "unplug"? |
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WiltedFlowerChild (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't get it |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. because he's top banana here and there he'll be a peon? |
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jwcomer (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Those in power stay in power |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Because, unlike his wonderful "flock" |
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candy331 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Hyphenate, you make some real solid points there! n/t |
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Carolab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. No kidding. Whatever happened to "God is calling you home"? |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'd like to hear him do the unplugged version of "Fuck Martin Luther" |
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Snap (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Yaaaaah Lutherans! |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Does not want to meet his maker. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. If that's what he wants, fine. It's his will. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. My thought is.... |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. This could drag on a long time with a dutifully suffering pope becoming |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Ground Hogs Day is Coming |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here's the irony about this... |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. But, if the pope is kept alive and Ratzinger can issue infallible |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Actually, a Regency (or papal equivalent) could be just what |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good for him. I have a wife and kids and limited insurance. . . |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The Pope had to ask to be kept going as long as possible |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. The Pope is old and in ill health. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. People around him did everything possible to keep Franco |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. oh that's just effing great. now being kept "alive" is going to be |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I am dealing with these issues in a very personal way |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
17. okay, nose-hosed pope. you're too pooped to pope... whose going to pope |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. Why? Is he scared to meet his Maker? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. As is his right as a human being |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. the new mummification. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. kick |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. If thats the Pope's wish and it's in his living will it should be |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Well Yes...But should he have made that decision knowing |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
24. The same people who want total control over YOUR body, somehow |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. For A Religion That Supposedly Lauds The Spirit, Catholic Dogma |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. I have no respect for religious people who are afraid of death |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm with you |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. He'll have to stand in line with the Laity |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. (It's official, there is no God): Woody Allen said: not only |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. That's his decision and I respect that. After the circus with Terri, |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. I thought he had "serenely" accepted the will of God |
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tedzbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. I say give the old bigot what he wants... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
34. Well, then what the hell was all this about: |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. In a review of the Dutch papers a couple of days ago on Radio Netherlands, |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. What's going to happen |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. This is a useless, bullshit story |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. if true, he's the ONLY person I've heard say this |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hopefully the Pope would still be able to make the hard decisions |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. So after all these years....the POPE has NO |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. There's NO Living Will |
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devinsgram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. I really think this goes to show |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. This completely distorts catholic doctrine and living wills. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. at least according to Mrs. Pope |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Possibly, he believes that the life we are presented with |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. If this is the case he should be at the hospital and in intensive care now |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It is not the case. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I'd call them deliberate distortions. |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Exactly! That NG (Nasal Gastric) tube is just a quick fix ... |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. This story is total bullshit, here's why |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. self delete |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Then why didn't the Vatican say it was all total BS and deny it then? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. There's a lot of BS printed about the Church..... |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. What a brain dead argument that is. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Dr. Gupta on CNN just said... |
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