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Which would you choose?

Live, aside from religious reasons, there is no guarantee that i do not understand what is happening, maybe i just can't express it.

Live, aside from religious reasons, there is no guarantee that i do not understand what is happening, maybe i just can't express it.

Sidenote: being in such a state implies that every part of you brain that is responsible for thinking is dead. Understanding without thinking is rather difficult. Pull the plug on me!

Pull the fucking plug, inject me with a lethal substance, and burn my body.

Sidenote: being in such a state implies that every part of you brain that is responsible for thinking is dead. Understanding without thinking is rather difficult. Pull the plug on me!

I dunno, i heard that although thinking is gone, the concept of understanding is still there, you just cannot react to it normally.

It's like if i were to tell you 1+1=2

Instead of saying Correct...you say Blargatayfyf,sf,...

Which reminds of a Hellen Keller Joke.

Why did Hellen Kellers dog kill herself?

You would too, if your name was Arghghblarhahrahfhffjyyreoooo.

:D

And don't forget to salvage my organs ...

Originally posted by Illich Jackal
And don't forget to salvage my organs ...

I got dibs on the kidneys! :p

The replies for the poll are about what I expected.

I dunno, i heard that although thinking is gone, the concept of understanding is still there, you just cannot react to it normally.

It's like if i were to tell you 1+1=2

Instead of saying Correct...you say Blargatayfyf,sf,...

Which reminds of a Hellen Keller Joke.

Why did Hellen Kellers dog kill herself?

You would too, if your name was Arghghblarhahrahfhffjyyreoooo.

:D

Understanding can't be seperated from thinking. In your example, i would still be thinking, but at least a part of my brain responsible for responding would be damaged.

Understanding can't be seperated from thinking. In your example, i would still be thinking, but at least a part of my brain responsible for responding would be damaged.


ya sure... i think Understand is seperate then Thinking and Knowing.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, i still choose to live.

As someone who has personally been through nearly the exact situation, pull the plug. My uncle was in the hospital for a very long time. He was in a vegetative state, but it was still very clear that he was in a lot of pain. Not only was he suffering during this time, but our entire family was, as well. So speaking from experience, pull the plug.

I would rather be dead than imprisoned in my own body.

To me, quality of life matters more than life itself. If there is not a realistic chance of recovery, pull the plug.

I would want the plug pulled. If was not 100% aware and able to do all the normal human things in life - I would not want to live.

For a moment there, I thought the title was talking about the song "Pull the Plug" by Death. My brain is in shutdown mode right now.
:p

If I was in a situation where I cannot live without support of machine, and there was no hope of me ever improving, pull the plug.

Ah, but then you open up the greasy slippery slope... and someone else can decide you're already dead when you may in fact be very much alive. And they just want your money etc.

The people who want your money are the people who want to keep you alive and vegetative, not the people who think it is humane to allow someone to die, because the longer you stay that way, the larger the hospital bill is going to be.

In my opinion, once my mind dies, it's over. I would not want to live like that. And I'd be a burden to my loved ones.

Pull the plug.

Pull the plug, god. I know where this thread originated, and I think the bullshit with the ladies parents. It was in her will, the husband said pull it, the parents are hanging onto a bullshit dream of her suddenly getting better.

Anyway, if I were a vegetable, please pull my plug, being a guy, and living without any movement, I can safely assume that my sex life would go to somewhere close to the negative side of numbers. That being a large factor, as well as the fact that I wouldn't be able to communicate with my family, I'd be praying for a huge power outage.

Pull the plug if I'm a vegetable.

If there's reasonable hope of me returning to normal, keep me going for a while.

Pull the plug!! Pull the plug!


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Pull the plug!! Pull the plug!


EDIT:My 300 post :)
Congratulations. For me, pull the plug.