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<DIV>Well, Ted, I’m supposing this must have been covered in the contract
she and you signed. Anyway, if you refuse to allow the device to be
detached so that force is the only other alternative, that is the option you
chose, not she. Wouldn’t it then be suicide if you died? Just a
thought, which I don’t intend to pursue any further. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sue </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=starbliss@gmail.com
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:32 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=dickow@uidaho.edu
href="mailto:dickow@uidaho.edu">Robert Dickow</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Rights to kill</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I suppose it goes without saying that such an arrangement, where removing
the device would be fatal, and the device is not necessary to save a life, but
is an optional life-style choice, is rather unlikely to be medically approved,
it seems to me ( <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere</A>
), which would not stop illegal arrangements. of course. But for a
situation where removal was fatal, assuming such a device became approved for
medical use, the legal responsibilities and options for both parties would
likely already be spelled out in detail, in some sort of contract, I
guess...</DIV>
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<DIV>I suppose this thought experiment has ethical connections to abortion
rights debates, but the arrangement is between two consenting adults, I assume
(?), whereas a fetus cannot legally consent to anything.</DIV>
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<DIV>To explore more options for your thought experiment, that were not
discussed, that I read, what if the women is killed in an accident or dies of
medical causes or murder? Of course this possibility is rather obvious and
would be considered before such an arrangement was pursued.</DIV>
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<DIV>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Robert Dickow <SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi all,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This is sort of a new thread. Maybe. Anyway, let’s try a
little thought experiment. Suppose, at some time in the not-too-distant
future, we have the technology to hook up an adult to a woman via a kind of
mechanical placenta. Ok, so let’s say I decide to work out a deal with a local
female that I contact via Cupid.com and arrange to hook myself up to her body
via the new apparatus. After all, I live alone, and I’m tired of fixing myself
TV Dinners, and I’m a lousy cook, and I want to simply have a little vacation
and be nourished through my new (and rather expensive) MicroSoft Placenta XT
Version 2.3. The woman agrees, and we undergo the simple but delicate
procedure to install the artificial placenta and wire it up to my belly
button. Six weeks later, she decides she has changed her mind and doesn’t like
me parasitizing off her, despite the princely weekly deductions from my PayPal
account that we agreed would be fair exchange for the deal. Of course, I’m
quite happy with my arrangement, and I refuse to detach the device, which of
course is under my control, protected as it is with a secure 164-bit Ryndael
Encrypted password system (Patent Pend). The authorities can’t forceably
detach me from the device without killing me, and such action might kill my
host as well (although this only happens in a small percentage of cases). </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Now, a question: Does the woman have the right to arrange
to have me detached, thereby killing me?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>If yes, could the detachment service costs by Federally
funded?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>P.S. Microsoft eventually develops a male version of the
placenta, so that males can serve as hosts as well.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Bob Dickow,
troublemaker</P></DIV></DIV><BR>=======================================================<BR>List
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