I make a distinction between the Schindlers actions which were non-political and totally personal and those of the "activists" who got involved for several reasons including opportunism. Unwise as I believe the Schindlers actions were they were entirely personal from what I can see. However, those who claim to be conservatives are absolutely sacrificing principle for expediency. There is no question about it. Successful prosecution of the Schindler's case would lead to a massive new federal involvement in state affairs and personal affairs which have always been pretty much outside federal control. And it would led to a massive new push for socialized medicine since keeping the nearly alive going is among the most expensive of medical procedures.
Removal of artificial means of life support is as far from a "judicial killing" as you can get. Terri was so far gone even the removal of the tube made no significanct difference for almost two weeks. There was no true "life" there any more than the twitches of a dead person means they are alive.
It amazes me how the fanatics can be unaware that this case is far from unusual medically or legally. Can they really be ignorant of the fact that any given day hundreds of decisions like this are made and that there may be thousands of cases lying unaware in hospital beds trapped in a gruesome twilight zone between life and death?
You have no right to judge the motivations of those who bothered to try and help the Schindler family, since all you did was sit on your *ss and type words against them.
Your claim that saving Terri would create some massive new Federal power is ridiculous. All it required was the exercise of the power the Federal government has always had...the power to enforce the fundamental rights found in the Bill of Rights.
And that didn't even need to happen. The Governor could have easily done the same under Article One, Section Two of the FL Constitution.
You misunderstand. The reason so many people are up in arms is that they didn't realize until Terri's cse came to the spotlight how frequently this is occurring. Eyes have been opened to how far we have already gone down the slippery slope. The "fanatics" are just trying to keep us from going further. There is a culture of death in this country that some of us, many of us, are not at all comfortable with.