Child of God...
We pray those judicial sinners...
Do not cause the hour of thy death...
Amen !!!
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Um, let's not take this too far.
I have been thinking much the same. How odd this is happening during Holy Week. The health of the Pope seems to underscore the madness that our country has sunk.
God told the Israelites that if they would not follow him in their prosperity and glory, he would throw them down and they would follow him in poverty and misery.
No, there is nothing efficacious about the death of this woman.
"Her own mother, in the United States of America, cannot go in and comfort her and prop pillows under her, or rub lotion to her body.
Her own mother cannot be at her side without being watched by armed police officers -- in the United States of America."
That is the more salient point of the article...
I've been reserving comment on this matter for a number of reasons. I can see both sides of the issue AND I must admit that most of us, me included, don't have enough facts to render a truly informed decision.
But, I have come to the conclusion that all parties are acting selfishly.
Most distressingly, I have come to the conclusion that republican leadership is fanning the flames of discontent and turning this unfortunate issue into a political football to curry favor amongst the pro-life crowd.
Republicans are the party of smaller government and states rights-- but apparently only when it suits their aims and agendas.
Don't get me wrong-- if I were Micahel Schiavo, I'd probably defer to the parents wishes and grant them guardianship of Terri. I have seen some evidence of brain activity in the poor woman and am very uncomfortable with the idea of causing her to die.
But, damn it all, her supporters have had 15 years to achieve the ruling they want and that ruling has never come. This is a state issue. This is a LEGAL issue-- an issue of guardianship. Her guardian is Michael Schiavo, for better or for worse.
I am very uncomfortable with the idea of subverting this time-honored notion of guardianship to suit the needs of a single case. WHere does THIS lead us?
There are countless similar cases that we never hear of of legal guardians "pulling the plugs" on parents, children, husbands and wives. This case is NOT much different than any of those. It's a PAINFUL decision for everyone involved-- the difference here is that WE are all now made party to this decision.
WE have been drawn into the pain and we are feeling it, almost as a family member feels it. Emotions are running high, as is the hyperbole and rhetoric.
Folks-- this is NOT our decision. We are not amongst the Schiavo or Schindler families. We cannot embrace the idea of the Federal government asserting itself in this supremely personal decision unless we are prepared to have the same happen to us in countless and unforeseable ways in the future.
I applaud the right and moral FEELINGS that have led to this desire to help Terri-- but honestly, she cannot be truly helped the way we'd all like, and in this case the help may wind up hurting this nation in far greater ways.
I don't want to see Terri die. But sometimes we don't always get what we want and we have to be okay with that. Folks, because Terri will probably be made to die, DOES NOT bode ill for the future of medicine or life or compassion in this country. This case was not precedent setting UNTIL congress and the President became involved.
Bottom line: GET A LIVING TRUST!
That lesson is painfully obvious now.
Bordering on blasphemy.
Pooh, we need to look at those odds yet AGAIN if this kind of craziness is happening.
Hell, I'm AGNOSTIC fer corn's sake, and I find this insulting.
Alot of the wording in this article is a bit too much. Way over the top as a matter of fact.
Oh Good Lord!! That's IT!
"Save Terri" advocates are officially nuts now.
Call the 11th circuit court of appeals in Atlanta. Tell the clerk where you're calling from and say politely that you are begging the court to save Terri Schiavo's life.
That # is 404-335-6100 .
If I wasn't witnessing this fanantical, emotional meltdown I would have never believed it possible.
For the first time in my life I have a glimpse of how so many people could be mislead by the AntiChrist when that time comes.
Sigh...
What about the thousands of mothers around the world that may be watching their child die?
Don't they matter?