What is she thinking?
Isn't (g)libertarianism about freedom & choices & not what the gov't. wants? How is it "odd" for a libertarian to think patients should have a choice? This makes it sound as if libertarians are in favor of death panels, that in Liberty World the aged & infirm are seen as bankruptors & should be dealt w/ immediately before anyone's precious portfolio is deflated. Could this possibly be correct? Or is it just Megan's inability to express herself?20 Aug 2009 03:47 pmThe Benefits of Advanced Directives
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I think, perhaps oddly for a libertarian, that patients should get to make choices about what they want for end of life care, unless it actually bankrupts us. But that implies actually making a choice, and thinking deeply about these issues, even though we'd rather not confront them directly. Frankly, I've been looking at living wills, and I get a panic attack just thinking about the conditions under which they might be needed. This makes it hard to make a clear decision about what I want.
And note the "panic attack." Really? Is McArdle just scared 24/7, her phobias waiting to attack her at the slightest excuse? Is she scared of being scared, that is, panicky about a panic attack? It happens.
And if this giant of reason & intellect (That's why she's a libertarian, after all: She sat down & thought about all the issues of the day, & came to the conclusion that the best thing is to keep the powerful in power, by any means necessary, & w/ as little oversight as possible. This is why I, at least, respect every last mis-spelled word that drifts from her keyboard. 'Cause you know she really gives serious think-time to everything. Except when panic attacks.) can't deal w/ her eventual mortality, how does she expect the great unwashed to "actually make a choice?"
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Megan has all kinds health issues. I know she suffers from vertigo--which is incurable. She has asthma--also incurable. Endocrine problems--incurable, of course. What else? Now panic attacks, which are, of course, if you're Megan, are completely incurable. I know I'm missing some of her ailments--fuck if I do research if she won't.
Didn't she write that she was ordered to give up veganism by her doctor because of thyroid problems as well?
Ugh. I can't believe I remember this mundane crap. I'm hoping this one only stands out in my memory because it was such a pathetic, lying excuse for giving up veganism. But she couldn't admit that it was simply too difficult for her to handle after being such a sanctimonious twit about it.
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