is this the correct interpretation of the thing in englanf rnhttps://twitter.com/avermeule/status/988591966425411584 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
The parents want the child to receive operations to extend its life. There would be no curative or palliative benefit. It's unclear whether Alfie can feel pain. Given this uncertainty, imo the courts are right to protect him from possible pain.
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Replying to @ectolith
If that's the prognosis, I'd definitely choose death for myself, and it's conceivable I might choose it for my child too--no kids, hard to say but the state really really really really really should not be permitted rule over private medical decisions in borderline cases
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I'm unsure what I think about it on a meta/political level but in this situation I believe like the right conclusion was reached. Unfair to call it evil
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Replying to @ectolith
there were only bad choices, *and* it's incredibly fucked up for the state to make that decision on behalf of the parents
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Replying to @eigenrobot
The child's rights to protection are way more important than the parents' rights here
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without overwhelming evidence I trust parents to protect their own child's welfare more than I do a government see: public schools, juvenile detention centers, police murder of kids, etc etc etc
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I agree with you. They do get it right occasionally tho
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