Posted on 03/17/2005 11:32:43 AM PST by dandelion
Terri Schiavo is about to go without food and water, so those of us who have pledged to go on Hunger Strike are going to go without food and water as well. In order to demonstrate and protest the real nature of Terri's death, we are going to simulate her conditions in ourselves, and blog the whole thing. We're going to bring it out into the light, and make the world watch us go without. I'm a woman, about Terri Schiavo's age. I have the same organs, the same type of body. I have the same nervous system. I'm going to go without food just as long as she does, and I'm going to do my best to go without water for an extended period of time. I really don't want to do this, and that means I have to. Does that make sense? Of course not.
But how silly of me. Everyone loves going without food and water. The Doctors and Lawyers have said it's a warm and fuzzy feeling to go without H2o and munchies, and we all know how much they have denied themselves this aforementioned life support. They wouldn't lie to us, now, would they? Think about it: that's why every time someone thinks about suffering - i.e., going without playing Halo2 for three days or giving up caffeine - they ALWAYS say: "Look, don't let me hurt, OK? Just take away my food and water until my tongue explodes and I die"...
Yessirree BOB, everyone knows that the easiest way to drift off into a peaceful slumber is to give up nutrition and hydration. That's why all those little Ethopian kids always look so happy and peaceful. World Hunger? Pshaw, kiddies, that's called "drifting off". Your electrolytes will drop and whammo! Blissful slumber. That's what Michael Schiavo said on Nightline and I QUOTE, from ABC's Nightline Transcript:
Terry will not be starved to death. Her nutrition and hydration will be taken away. This happens across this country every day. Death through removing somebody's nutrition is very painless. That has been brought to the courts many of times. Doctors have come in and testified. It is a very painless procedure. Terry can't — she has no cortex left. She doesn't feel pain. She doesn't feel hunger. So what's going to happen is slowly — her potassium and her electrolytes will slowly diminish and she will drift off to a nice little sleep and eventually pass on to be with God. SCHIAVO: That's one of their soapboxes they've been on for a long time.
Dawg yeah, it's not STARVING - it's going without NUTRITION AND HYDRATION! Get it right, you defugg-i-mented MORONS!
RANT/Off
Let's all try it. HUNGER STRIKE! Sounds like fun, hey?
Rules? I'm not sure yet. I know I can go without food for at least three days, but just thinking about going without Caffeine (for all you grammar Nazis, that's capitalized on purpose) is horrifying. No caffeine. Expect a headache and brutal crankiness on Days 1-3.
Water? I know I can do without for several hours, but I've never pushed myself as far as I can go. Now is the time to find out. If I can put in the first long stretch, then I can figure out how much to allow later. I thought about an ounce an hour, but that almost seems like too much. Should I attempt to go completely without until I break down, and then allow a little for each hour thereafter? If I never completely sate myself, then I might be able to simulate a little of the misery that accompanies real, dogging thirst...
Oh, excuse me. They say it won't hurt. And we all know that the establishment has NEVER lied to us. Really.
What about other forms of hydration? Water can be absorbed through the skin - that's why they are refusing Terri Schiavo even the last rites. Wouldn't want her to absorb some holy water through her forehead, would we? Yes indeed, the powers that be won't even let the Priest TOUCH her with anything moist - that might interfere with Terri's "right to dry".
So does this mean I need to go without a shower? Without washing my face? I'm going to be hooking up the webcam for this little experiment, so I really don't want to be ugly for the world. But if I get in the shower, I might be tempted to just soak up the ambience for a while. It's more than Terri's getting, that's for sure. I guess I could limit my ablutions to a nice cool washcloth and a sink, but even that seems like cheating. It's still more than Terri's going to get. That's right - she doesn't even get her face washed.
No chapstick, either. Okay, now this REALLY hurts. I wear lipstick or lipbalm all the time. It makes me feel pretty, and I don't want crispy lips. But so be it. If I crack and bleed, just consider it to be par for the course. I'll just be having some fun without nutrition or hydration, it's a real spree here, folks.
Yes, I know, some wag will say I'm cheating, I'm really sipping a super Big Gulp (TM) while acting like I'm suffering here. Tell you what, I'll get my family to vouch for me if you like. My husband hates this idea. My mother thinks I'm nuts. They know me, and they know I'm going to do my best to marathon at this keyboard until I break down physically or mentally. I'll update the webcame as often as possible (I'm looking for some way to stream video, if I can, I'll do that) at least once every fifteen minutes. I'll be sure to show you when I finally sip water, and only go dark to sleep. But I warn you, this will not be pretty. ESPECIALLY with no moisturizer or Burt's Bees lip balm.
I have only one thing left to do before beginning the Hunger Strike: Friday morning I will take a pregnancy test to ensure that I don't harm one an innocent life in an attempt to save another innocent life. Anything this extreme would be extremely damaging to a baby I might be carrying; and while that's a pretty remote possibility at the age of 42, I just don't want to take the chance. So another cool factor you get from checking in on the Hunger Strike is, if I'm miraculously geriatrically pregnant, you'll hear it here first. (That will be followed by some incredulous shrieking and squealing.) If not, well then, on with the Hunger Strike...
I'm praying to God that I don't have to do this. I'm praying that Terri doesn't have to die this way. If they want to kill her, why don't they just do it the old fashioned way and strangle her with their bare hands? It would be so much kinder...
But no, they have to do it in a sanitary way. A CLEAN way. A way that they have done to a bunch of other old people and folks who had no one to stand up for them. It's the way preferred by nine out of ten death advocates; withhold food and water while some poor soul screams in a room, surrounded by people who are watching them die horribly. So fresh and clean clean.
Well, let's see just how much fun it is. Let's see how painless it is. I wonder why the Doctors aren't lining up to join us in this little experiment?
Get ready to pull the plug on me Friday at 1PM eastern time. No food til Terri gets food, or dies.
God, let this cup pass from me. Please. I'm not as strong as You...
READ MORE AT BLOGGERNEWS.COM
READ MORE AT Pamela Hennessey's Hunger Strike Blog
I'll pass...doing harm to my body isn't going to help Terri one bit.
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I am there. If they begin the starvation of Terri, I'll stop eating, too, but I can't let myself die because I have a family. So I'll drink water.
started yesterday...too stressed to eat....prayed... I need to pray more, get closer to God... losing weight would be nice.... I'm thirsty... drinking, but just a little.... it's not fun to be thirsty....should I tell MS?
I'm with you sis.. fasting and praying.....
Child of God...
We pray those judicial sinners...
Do not cause the hour of thy death...
Amen !!!
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Hunger strike/fasting should NEVER be done lightly, and fasting for religious purposes should never be done with the intention to harm oneself. Fasting for prayer is to be done privately, and is usually done short of harming oneself.
A hunger strike is different: the only reason to go on hunger strike is to draw attention to some cause, and it ususally hurts. Since I have a running dialogue with some folks who tell me how painless hunger is, I just figured maybe we should find out - and I'll document how painless it is. I like to think I'm young and I can take it... to a certain point. We'll see where that point is, I imagine.
Make sure to go to Pam Hennesseys (http://terrisstrike.blogspot.com/) site and sign in if you are going on "Hunger Strike" (fasting as a form of protest). You can record your experiences there, on her comments board as well as hear on the various Terri Threads here on Free Republic.
If you are wanting to simply fast as a form of Prayer (bread and water, or only for a limited time) then please make sure to sign up with the Fast for Terri site (http://www.fastforterri.com/). In each other we will find strength if need be...
I am praying this will not be necessary - I am praying that the laws will be passed to protect our most vulnerable citizens. But if need be, we will be with Terri in spirit!
thx for the info!
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