If you were brain dead, would you want to be kept alive by a ventilator? Why or why not?

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Whoever wrote this question doesn't know what they're talking about. "Brain dead" means that your brain is no longer functioning, an can't be restarted. If a brain dead person is on a ventilator, it mean that they're trying to keep their organs fresh for harvesting. Now, if I were in a coma, I would want to be kept alive, in case I recover. I always think that living is better than not living, and if you say "well, before that equipment was invented I would have died anyway," then I'd better never see you getting a vaccination, or going to the hospital for any reason, or wearing protective gear when doing something, or drinking sanitary water, et cetera. But no-one, save for this question writer, is saying that brain dead people are alive, because you are your brain--the body just lets you interact with the world.
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Translations

Alright, I've procrastinated long enough: here is the translation of my previous two entries:

Saturday, 13 October, 2007: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore Generally, I write my blogs like I obtained them: I start in Xanga, and then copy and paste it into Yahoo 360º, MySpace, Gather, Blog City, Blogger, and finally Gaia Online, but now I'm starting with Gather because I'm in school, and the others are blocked.
I'm in school because yesterday I worked until midnight on my homework for history class. I had to write an essay about the first kings of Buddhism, Christianity, and IslÄ?m. I had a month in which to do it, but only started it last night, after book club.
Sorry I can't say more. Tomorrow? I don't usually write in Spanish when it isn't necessary, but... Monday, 15 October, 2007

More?

Well, it isn't tomorrow, but I wasn't sure of what I was going to write for you. And this raises a good question: do I have Spanish-speaking readers, and do they want to read more from me? I have comments on these entries, but do they come back to read more? If you want, I can write more, but I don't think that I could--or would want to--translate it all. I already am not going to translate it into Latin any more.

¿Más?

Pues, no es mañana, pero no estaba seguro de que iba a escribiros en español. Y este hace una buena pregunta: ¿Tengo lectores en español, y quieren leer más de mí? Tengo comentarios sobre esto, pero, ¿Devuelven a leer más? Si quieren, puedo escribir más, pero creo que no podría—o no querría—traducir todos. Ahora no voy a traducirlos a latín nada más.

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Por lo general, escribo en mis blogs como los obtuve: escribo en Xanga, y lo después copio y pego en Yahoo 360º, MySpace, Gather, Blog City, Blogger, y finalmente Gaia Online, pero ahora empiezo con Gather porque estoy en la escuela, y se bloquean los otros.
Estoy en la escuela porque ayer trabajé hasta medianoche por mi tarea de la clase de historia. Tuve que escribir un ensayo sobre los primeros reyes de Budismo, Cristiandad, e Islam. Tuve un mes para hacerlo, pero sólo lo hice anoche, después del club de los libros.
Siento que no puedo deciros más. ¿Mañana? No generalmente escribo en español cuando no es necesario, pero…