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LeftishBrit

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2. Sad and frustrating

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 04:32 AM

Jul 2015

Of course, you can't force medical treatment on an adult who knows the risks. Still, in a world where so many people die prematurely for unavoidable causes, it makes me sad, and, to be honest, angry, when people insist on being martyrs for no good reason. Same when Jehovah's Witnesses die from refusing blood transfusions: it's their right, but it seems such a waste.

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