Janice Sanford's e-mail to Dr. Cranford:
JUSTICE FOR TERRI SCHIAVO
Dr. Cranford, I just read about you at Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota.
One has only to read the site to know that your mindset reflects that of Hitler, and others like him, who place no value on human-life for Life's sake. I truly hope that people like you, mentally, get to endue the same end as you wish on human beings like Terri Schiavo...IMO. You are the worst kind of human-being because in your warped mind, I think, you really believe the pro-death BS you spew.
Sincerely,
Janice Sanford, justice1949@aol.com
PS: I hope that other's who support Terri Schiavo's right to life will all write to you and let you know their feeling on the subject. Have a nice day.
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Dr. Cranford's response to Ms. Sanford's message:
Dated 1/4/2005 12:33:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, cranf001@umn.edu writes:
Dear Janice,
Thanks so much for your kind letter of support. People often ask me how I feel when I get letters like yours, and my answer is always, "Inspired!" Whenever I am doing something extremely worthwhile and making a real contribution to society, letters and words of praise and encouragement like your letter are not uncommon. And they make me even more motivated to continue my work of the last three decades.
Over twenty years ago I vowed to myself that, if I were hated by at least 20% of the people that despised my hero and role model, Joseph Fletcher, I would consider my life's work completed. Alas, I may never accomplish this goal, but your letter inspires me to keep trying. To help motivate you in your cause even more, I am attaching a picture from another fan of mine.
Respectfully,
Dr. C aka Dr. Evil
http://journals.aol.com/justice1949/JUSTICEFORTERRISCHIAVO/entries/128
Notes: Joseph Fletcher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Joseph Fletcher (1905-1991) founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics. Fletcher was a leading academic involved in the topics of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia,eugenics, and cloning. Ordained as an Episcopalian priest, he later renounced his belief in God and became an atheist.
Fletcher was a prolific professor, teaching, participating in symposia, and completing ten books, and hundreds of articles, book reviews, and translations. He taught Christian Ethics at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at Harvard Divinity School from 1944 to 1970. He was the first professor of medical ethics at the University of Virginia and co-founded the Program in Biology and Society there. He retired from teaching in 1977.
He served as president of the Euthanasia Society of America (later renamed the Society for the Right to Die) from 1974 to 1976. He was also a member of the American Eugenics Society
Janice Sanford's website is: http://journals.aol.com/justice1949/JUSTICEFORTERRISCHIAVO