Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
If you'll check my past posts on this and other threads you'll see that I've been reasonably civil - with a little bit of sarcasm thrown in. ;)
Thanks for trying. :(
That's fine if it's what you wish, and I hope and pray nothing but good for you. I have made the same decision for myself.
That's not what this whole brouhaha is about, though. It's about who presumes to speak for another human being, when voice is denied her. It's about erring on the side of protecting the weakest and saddest among us. And it's not about someone allowing a natural death to take place, but someone with a vested interest in not allowing another to live--or even have ice chips on her parched tongue while that life is tortuously stripped from her.
Well, that sucks. : ( Is it because of what one person said??
Happy now? You'll get a different Admin Moderator... or will you? Wanna bet the same mod comes back, and pretends to be a different person?
Heh heh heh.
Barbara Olsen's book on HRC was called "Hell to Pay".
Uh-oh.
Quoting HRC.
The point with Barbara's title was the same as the point about Randall Terry using it; both should't have.
Sorry, I'll go take myself to a thread without speech police then, and the folks who all agree on everything can spend the rest of the thread affirming each other.
If you ever find one, ping me, will ya? I've not found one yet, and am still searching...
Please stop with the Nazi references. I'm neither Jewish nor German, but it's offensive. If you want to make a point, fine. Just find another analogy.
And I am outraged that Terri is being killed. If she really is PVS, then no one suffers in keeping her alive until all questions are answered. Unfortunately, the Schindlers allowed themselves to be taken in by publicity whores like Terry, Klayman and Sekulow. Now Jesse "I've never seen a camera I won't mug for" Jackson is down there.
Public opinion isn't against Terri, it's against the clowns who deign to speak for her.
Not a Nurse, but have the greatest respect for them, my sister is one, OB/GYN, presently on a ski vacation, so can't ask her or her hubby physician.
Can "flat EEG" people still breathe on their own???
Chad,
I've been at work all day, and now I'm in an evening class. Can you tell me why the Admin Mod came in on this thread? Did someone ask for a Mod? Why? Whoever it was, too bad she's gone. [I think it was a she.]
OMG!! Now that is funny!!
I guess the schindlers didn't know about this!
Quick! Someone tell them!!
Their pressers have been redundant for the past 12 days.
I won't. I'm happy to be a member of the dollar a day club here because I think this is the greatest forum on the internet. If it remains as insane as it has been for the past couple of weeks, I won't be here for the third quarter Freepathon, though.
There's a limit to the amount of pitchforks and torches that I can tolerate.
I think I'm close to edge now, but I'm willing to wait until after Terri's funeral to judge how it may have permanently affected the forum. We've let lunatics run the asylum far too long here. The damage will be lasting.
Thanks...you made an excellent point about always discussing the prognosis of the patient away from the bedside...you just never know if they can hear you or not, so you just assume that they can hear you and understand what is being said...
One problem ith the EEG is that it cannot measure activity or structure beyond the cerebral cortex...
The Brainstem, not measured by EEG, however, can still be functioning enough to perform teh involuntary body functions, such as breathing, eye blinking, and swallowing saliva etc...
No idea why. None. NObody ever tells me nothin'
Pobrecito.
Radio host Glenn Beck has been a big Schiavo supporter for years. He interviewed the doctor to no avail, and couldn't get much out of the guy that made sense. He stopped the call and then apologized to his radio listeners for having the guy on the air.
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