In a message dated 4/26/02 4:06:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Hey wait a minute. Let's not shoot the messenger because we don't like the message. We are lucky to have a compendium of people with expertise in different fields and if an attorney cautions us of the consequences of the act and is seconded bya medical professional it would be at the worst folly and the least gauche not to take the information in gracefully. What we do Point well taken, Paul. We've had a spirited discussion about an ethical dilemma which confronts only the chronically ill. At the risk of overkill, I just wanted to share one more thought. "If your neighbor's house is on fire and you have a hose, lend your neighbor the hose." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Rees Jenkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn