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Old 08-07-2017, 01:55 PM #3
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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier View Post
In my opinion, GOSH have realized that this has gotten so big that the political fallout of turning off his life support would be huge. It would be global... pretty much unprecedented, actually. They have been sticking to their guns but at this point, I don't think they had any choice but to cave, even if they still don't believe it to be in the best interests of Charlie.

Which is sort of worrying, in many ways? We've reached the stage where the weight of social media and celebrity can crush expert opinion into submission, and in actual practice rather than just in theory.
It's been happening for a while sadly, expert opinions will only be listened to if they say what people want to hear.
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