GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the word 'retard'

Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by leereeves on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:38AM (#9968514)

Quite apart from LDs, there's something wrong with a medical system that allows doctors to decide who they want to resuscitate.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by DanBC on Thursday July 30, 2015 @07:19AM (#9974229)

You probably need to investigate whatever your local version of "advance directives" are.

Seriously, advance directives give doctors useful information about keeping you alive / letting you die.

Don't say things like "no heroic measures", because that's a rare occasion. Be specific.

You're right, though. Those doctors were wrong, and that's why it's a thing. They should have involved the patient, and the family, in the decision.

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