Posted on 03/28/2009 1:39:36 PM PDT by BykrBayb
Mike did Terry a monumental favor.
Her name was Terri. She was murdered. Murder is wrong.
There’s a difference between murder and letting someone die. Mike let Terri die (sorry for misspelling). As tough as that was, that’s what she needed. It takes a strong resolve to realize when that’s what’s required, but it was what she needed nonetheless.
Then I think you should watch this video, so you’ll finally know the truth. Terri was not allowed to die. She wasn’t allowed to live. She was deliberately killed.
Some people have the opinion that there was nothing wrong with killing her, but the fact remains, she was killed. That’s not a matter of opinion. It’s not open to interpretation. It’s a proven fact.
Now, some people will deny that fact, because it’s hard to promote the opinion that it’s okay to kill brain injured people if you acknowledge the facts. The only way to “justify” killing brain injured people is to deny the fact that they are humans. Once you acknowledge the facts, there can be no argument in favor of killing them.
And yet, they’re killed every day, in every state. There’s a chart on my profile page, showing how many severely cognitively impaired humans are exterminated in each state.
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They know. People in a coma can hear and still have the sense of touch.
They know! I speak from experience — click my name to see part of my story about my husband’s death from lung cancer.
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Several people have been spared from Terri’s fate, in her name.
Too many have been sacrificed at the altars of sloth, greed and pride.
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My grandmother has been in the same condition as your grandmother for almost 11 years. Are you saying we should kill people like her? I would rather be dead then carry on like that, but my grandmother never told us what she wanted. I don’t think that we should be deciding who lives and who dies.
As I said before (people seem to have a real problem reading and listening where this subject is concerned), there is a huge amount of difference between allowing a person to die and killing them. The refusal to acknowledge this difference has stalled the debate on this question. An abortion is a killing. A miscarriage is not. A knife in the heart is a killing. A person who cannot drink, eat, or function on their own expiring is not. The fact that these lines are difficult to acknowledge does not negate the fact that they are very clear in most cases. Terri was going to stare at the ceiling for twenty-five to thirt more years. She may have been in great pain, perhaps not. She was allowed to pass on. To expire. To die. But she was not murdered. Mike did the right thing, even if he had every incentive to do it (insurance money, move on with his life, new family).
Should parents who fail to feed their children be charged with a crime?
Should pet owners who fail to feed their pets be charged with a crime?
Are wives the property of their husbands?
What’s worse is that they’re right. They can. The public extermination of Terri Schiavo proved that.
I would answer your questions, if only you cared about the answers.
I do. Remember? I’m the one who thinks murder is wrong. I’m curious to know how it could be justified. Are there exceptions that justify the rule? Is it okay to kill certain victims, as long as others are spared? Is there a formula for decided which ones should be killed?
Several people have emerged from a “PVS” state and told of their experiences while they were incapacitated. They could hear, see, and feel while being helpless. Several could hear others talking about removing their feeding tube, letting them die, etc.
Unless you are Terri, you can’t know what she wanted. As a devout Christian she would not have chosen suicide. If you knew the particulars of her life, you would not say what you said.
She wasn't dying. She was alive and had no medical problems other than having a feeding tube. She was murdered through withholding of food and water. She died a horrible death that would be illegal to do to a dog. "Mike" as you call him is an accessory to murder and should be in jail along with his accomplices Felos and Greer.
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