快樂牛郎

而我自己呢﹐我不求好長命﹐只希望唔好死得太痛苦就好。

That's so easy.  Just get a few pills from the doctor.

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Well, at my age, I said farewell to many senior relatives, and old friends.
My in-law is staying at  hospice with terminal disease, will leave this world
any minute from now; he has no knowledge about his own situation.

I hope someone is paying for his hospice.

What it irritates me the most is that our government spends $200K on someone who has only 3 months to live but watches as numerous children receive inadequate education.  The person who has only 3 months left is a goner.  He or she will have absolutely no contribution to the society anymore.

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x2!

Very "sin mo" those people who die in their sleep...
That's really 幾生收到的福份. ...
fibbi 發表於 2010/3/29 16:06

again, get a few pills and you will die in your sleep tonight

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To me that thought is scary that someone "deserve" the help if he/shewill have contribution later on (i.e. valuable to the society or simplyput it has 有利用價值), and someone without value should not have theresources for help? 佢哋後生嗰時都有交稅個喎。
fibbi 發表於 2010/3/29 16:31

Those who disagree with my view are so remotely detached to the rising cost of healthcare in developed countries.

Let me give you three choices:

1) put 100 kids out of school
2) keep a 70 years old guy who has terminal cancer alive for 3 more months
3) save 5000 african children from starvation

I haven't done the math but I think all 3 choices have the same cost

you can only pick 1, which one would you pick?

I hate people who think everybody deserves a piece of the pie when there's only so much resource in this world

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The world has been in free fall in the last 20 years or so because so many people living in the happy land are so oblivious to the problems in this world.

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Of course, as human, it's only natural to be short-sighted and spend as much as possible while you can.  So I completely understand those who think they should be kept alive no matter what the cost is.  I would do the same if I were in the same situation.  Who the hell cares if your kids don't receive adequate education or if you will be paying 60% taxes?

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I strongly disagree with you, but lets do it gentleman's way
1. the figures do not  ...
somewhereintime 發表於 2010/3/29 19:59

you need $800 to feed each starving child in Africa? What are you feeding them with? shark fin soup?  Just with bread and water, I can survive for a year with $800.

Of course you cannot educate 1,000 kids in Canada for a small sum, but you can do so in poorer regions like South America or rural China.

Hospice generally costs $150-$350 a day, so a 90 days period costs around $20K.  You can argue that your relative paid taxes all his life, but that's not the point of this discussion.

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Yes, I also don't agree with him/her. But I don't need to do actual calculation, cuz I believe all lives worth the same basically.

If all lives are worth equally, what makes an American or a Canadian's life more worthwhile than the lives of 1,000 africans?  Get your values straight before making such a hollow statement.

快樂牛郎

Suppose all lives are equal.

You know that if you donate all your money to some 3rd world country right now, at least 50 lives will be saved.  Why are you not doing that?  Is it because you think your life is worth more than those 50 lives?

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Don't mix up. I believe all lives are equal, doesn't mean I have obligation to raise them all.
chowB 發表於 2010/3/29 20:30

there you go
nobody has the obligation to help anybody
we all fight for ourselves