A tug of war: Life or Death

This is an issue many struggle with. The ethical and political debate on when life ends and begins will continue. Most people emphasize preserving life, though there is no clear mandate for prolonging it at all cost. Is there an appropriate time to pull the plug? Some see the devil within these details. How close is the person to death and would treatment delay death with no real benefit to the patient? Ethics require both good principles and good facts. When you are dealing with a person who is dying or facing imminent death is God the only one who should decide life or death? At some point we have to recognize that death has come and begin to deal with that appropriately, medically and through the mourning process. Society will always fire the privacy canon when it comes upon issues such as right to die, abortion and homosexuality, it gets a little messy when someone is actually being killed. There is no position that covers every contingency, no law could ever be written that fine. We want it to be black and white yet the canon shot is really all shades of gray. The world will always pick sides regarding these issues, especially death. Who should determine when and how we cross that mythical river to the other side? Families come to a cross road when this issue arrives, my family will be no different. There could be objections that could likely sever relations for years. The pathway to death should not be inhumane or extended beyond usefulness or quality. Death is just a part of life.