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minus-squarecybersin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 months agoOK. So by that logic, let’s say you are touring Europe and have a heart attack. The paramedics are in the area and available, but refuse to take you to the hospital. You are left to die on the street. You think you deserve such foul treatment?
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down14·5 months agoHave I snuck in through a known danger or used my visa?
minus-squarecybersin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agoI’m sorry, but there is no situation where it is permissible to stand idle as someone suffers an untimely and preventable death. Even soldiers at war, captured in foreign territory without visas, are entitled to lifesaving care.
OK. So by that logic, let’s say you are touring Europe and have a heart attack. The paramedics are in the area and available, but refuse to take you to the hospital. You are left to die on the street.
You think you deserve such foul treatment?
Have I snuck in through a known danger or used my visa?
I’m sorry, but there is no situation where it is permissible to stand idle as someone suffers an untimely and preventable death.
Even soldiers at war, captured in foreign territory without visas, are entitled to lifesaving care.