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Originally Posted by CFrance
But how would you know that the person needing the defib is one of those nose-thumbers or, say, someone with a healthy lifestyle but a hidden congenital heart condition? Would you condemn them all to possible death because they might be of the nose-thumbing variety?
In my opinion we have an obligation to save any life in danger, no matter what. Who are we to decide someone should die because we don't like their lifestyle?
We paid our $150 share in our neighborhood for the good of our two streets.
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I think I see where the confusion is. I'm not recommending that responders pick and choose who to save. Once your neighborhood has an AED, you must try to save everyone. I'm just saying, for example, my neighborhood doesn't have one and I'm satisfied with the way things are. I wouldn't be one of those trying to get an AED program started. So if there's no AED in my neighborhood, everyone is on an equal footing.