31st August 2006, 6:10 PM
Assume consent eh?
Now I may get some heat for this, but I agree. When you're dead, you're dead. While I think someone's dying wishes should be honered so long as they are reasonable, if they never made it clear what they want, when they are dead, they aren't going to mind what happens next. That said, if they are a minor I'd still leave the choice up to the guardians unless the minor has made their wishes clear.
Now I may get some heat for this, but I agree. When you're dead, you're dead. While I think someone's dying wishes should be honered so long as they are reasonable, if they never made it clear what they want, when they are dead, they aren't going to mind what happens next. That said, if they are a minor I'd still leave the choice up to the guardians unless the minor has made their wishes clear.
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