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Old 06-14-2003, 07:36 PM   #9
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Originally posted by Stormymystic:
I do not like putting animals down either, but they do not really have a voice and there for are put down, I have seen dogs that should have been put down according to a vet because it lost 2 of its legs, now she is healthy and running on 2 legs, she has learned to cope, sp feel if a dog can cope with her indiginity of having only 2 legs, why can someone who has say Lou garrigs disease not learn to cope?
Did anyone ask the dog if it's quality of life was what it would wish? When you demand of someone that they "learn to cope" with a particular disease in their particular circumstances with their particular beliefs are you not being arrogant in assuming that your impression of their circumstances take precidence over the sufferer's actual experience?
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