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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 05/20/2009 : 06:34:33
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/19/minnesota.forced.chemo/index.html
Just give it a little time, and this kids parents will have killed him.
His cancer is spreading, and they want to treat him with natural Native American remedies because there are some unpleasant side effects to chemo. They argue that this is what he wants. But at 13 he is too young to make up his own mind and... he can't even read! Whats that all about? Whether mentally challenged or being kept ignorant by his parents, this only strengthens the argument that he is not competent to make his decisions in this matter.
Sometimes, like right now, I'm ashamed at myself for laughing at woo. It can be F#@%ing deadly serious.
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"If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention." Eric Alterman
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2009 : 06:52:04 [Permalink]
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Yes, I've read abut that. Mother of the Year, eh?
If the boy can be found quickly, it might the best thing that could happen; the son could go into a foster home and recieve treatment whilst his mother and father cooled their heels in the can.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 05/25/2009 : 19:16:44 [Permalink]
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Daniel Hauser is back. (Hat tip to PZ Myers.) The judge is saying that if Hauser's parents continue to hold to the same attitude toward chemotherapy, that may decide whether or not they retain custody. I hope Daniel's therapy is still in time. If it doesn't, his parents, and their woo-woo supporters, have murdered him.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Woo kills
