And Now We Wait

The Judge Report ^ | 03/18/2005 | Robert N. Going

[Cincinnatus]

The Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision in March of 1857 purported to settle the slavery issue once and for all. Then, on December 2, 1859 the Abolitionist John Brown was executed for his part in the raid on Harper's Ferry. Although generally viewed as a crackpot, the cause for which he died stirred such emotion that all over the northern states people stood in silence and church bells tolled at the hour of his death. A cultural chasm opened; the moral and spiritual revulsion arising from this national focus on the slavery question galvanized public opinion. The election of Lincoln followed soon after, and civil war. In the end, the moldering body of John Brown and the Truth of his cause led to a new birth of freedom.

Tonight, a woman lies dying in Florida. By her husband's orders she is slowly being starved to death. He will not even allow ice chips in her mouth to ease her suffering. The courts and therefore THE LAW have sanctioned this barbarism, just as once they did back-flips to justify and institutionalize slavery.

But a strange thing is happening again. The death watch for Terri Schiavo is bringing together people from all over the country, even all over the world, to stand in solemn witness to her right to life. As each hour ticks by and the end draws nearer more and more consciences will be examined, more and more conversions made, more mystic chords touched. Her passing will stir this nation, and her moldering remains will give life to the Truth.

The end is inevitable. The Culture of Death is on trial and no earthly court can save it now.

[Cincinnatus]

ping NYer

[jwalburg]

Whatever security guards in place to keep out those who would help, can you imagine how hard their hearts must be to keep from resigning on the spot? The nurses, aids, housekeepers and whoever else must go in and out of that room without helping. Horrendous.