[nikilds]

Source.
A teenager in intensive care unplugged his neighbour's life support machine because the noise was keeping him awake.

Frederik Moelner, 17, said he had been trying to sleep as he recovered from a car crash but the noise of the life support machine as it helped 76-year-old Hermann Berghof breathe kept waking him up.

A police spokesman from Landshut in southern Germany said: "He told us the noise was getting on his nerves and he thought this was the best way to make sure he got peace and quiet.

"Luckily the medical staff acted promptly and reconnected the life support machine. If there had been any delay the old man could have died."

Moelner is now being questioned by police.

Kids these days do not respect their elders!
If this heathen wasnt all the way in Germany, why, I ought have the mind to go up there and show him what the Bible belt is all about!

[Andrew Shaw]

Originally Posted by nikilds

Kids these days do not respect their elders!
If this heathen wasnt all the way in Germany, why, I ought have the mind to go up there and show him what the Bible belt is all about!

Maybe the guy was mentaly ill or just plain stupid not knowing it would do that. i'll keep my eye on this incident and find out whats up with that.

[Old Iron Crotch]

Originally Posted by nikilds

Kids these days do not respect their elders!
If this heathen wasnt all the way in Germany, why, I ought have the mind to go up there and show him what the Bible belt is all about!

While you are correct that, in this case it was wrong for the machinery to be unplugged (since it was not the wish of the patient), you are mistaken to refer to this kid as a future Kevorkian. The good doctor assisted people with terminal illnesses who desired to end their lives in doing so, which was a generous act. He did not unplug respirators for his own convenience, in the manner in which the teenager did, which was a selfish act.