Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
I dunno?
Would he feel compelled to post on the ONE thread where people express different opinions, rather than sticking to the HUNDREDS of others available to him?
What kind of Freepers are those types?
I didn't keep any links - I've seen posts that advocated "hunting down" Greer, Felos and Schiavo, and I hit the abuse button on that one. That particular post is gone now, but I've seen quite a bit of that sort of thing.
The American Idol thread is nice and a good distraction.
I hate FR lately. It is like being addicted to a really really cheap drug that you want to give up but hate to because you used to like it.
Maybe it is like having a bad husband and being afraid to leave him cause he only beats you now and then.
I really would love to have reasonable discussions about this but you jusst can't right now. Maybe never.
Okay.
I must be ignorant.
Who is Tabitha Sorensoned?
As I understand it, the statements made in this thread reflect the ideology of the majority of Americans. I'm not sure how the minority has so dominated this issue on Free Republic, and how its members manage to shout down everyone else. And I guess I haven't been here for enough years to know if this has ever happened before with any other issues. But it does seem to be very unusual.
I heard a doctor on Bill Bennett's radio show a couple of days ago talking about feeding tubes and last-stage Alzheimer's patients. They get to the point where they can't really feed themselves, and it's too hard for other people to feed them (for what reason I didn't catch), so sometimes they put in a feeding tube. The patient is deep in dementia, so many times he will pull out the tube, which causes medical problems. To prevent them from doing that, the staff straps the patient down in bed. Well this is agony for them in their last days of life, to have to angrily fight against the restraints while being kept alive through the tube. I think it was the same caller who made the statement "I would never put an Alzheimer's patient on a feeding tube." You can read more about it by searching for alzheimer's "feeding tube" on Google. I'm concerned here that many people will believe the hype from the Schiavo case and get the idea that a feeding tube is always necessary, thereby condemning patients to weeks of additional agony.
The bottom line as I see it in this case that if Terri had had a living will she would have been dead long ago and no one outside Florida would have heard about the case. Since there was no living will, it fell to the next of kin (Michael) to communicate Terri's wishes to the doctors. Because the Schindlers resisted, Michael turned the case over to the court for a decision. After expert testimony, the court confirmed that Terri would not have wanted to live as a vegetable, and ordered the feeding tube to be removed. And at the time when the first appeal was filed in the case, an insidious type of creeping insanity began to manifest itself. The symptoms include proud and willful disregard of the facts in the case, the use of Nazi symbolism to represent everyone who fails to "rescue" the patient from her stated end of life wishes, and repeated misrepresentation of the situation as "right to life" versus "culture of death" (instead of "right of privacy").
So how's that? Do I qualify for WPPFF membership?
Yes, I use Yahoo, and have a couple of Yahoo email addresses.
As you say.
At the least.
Asking in a nice way don't include a ping to the Admin Moderator it is the same as an abuse button!
There is no differents!
btw Long Cut
Any errors in spelling etc I am dyslexic!
ROFL- listening to FOX...Orlando Salinas (sp)
saying the same kind of folks were at the hospice who were there for Elian Gonzalez...same kind of hoopla.
Just a suggestion for those who're thinking of leaving FR- wait 3 days before making a decision. Our feelings and emotions will settle down and give clearer perspective to choices.
There was another post that just said, "Judge Greer" and below it had a picture of a gun. Thankfully, it was quickly pulled.
Thanks for the link. Kind of a hit-and-run post by JRob, has he detailed his feelings on all this?
I'm actually amazed that no one has gone on there and said "HOW CAN YOU ALL SIT AROUND WATCHING PEOPLE SING WHEN A WOMAN LAYS BEING MURDERED IN FLORIDA YOU UNFEELING MONSTERS!" or something...
LOL!
Sadly, I've never gotten into American Idol.
But thanks for the suggestion.
If I DO hang out, I'll probably stay on the Undead Thread.
I've got three, one I used to use, and the other two I made when I was bored.
Like I said. There are too many people who have become emotionally unhinged.
Hemlock Lite is not too bad. ;-)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.