Posted on 03/20/2009 1:40:47 PM PDT by wagglebee
I was in Florida when this all went down. I first noticed the story when I saw a tag line about a family trying to save their “brain dead” daughter from being starved to death. I thought, “why would anyone be trying so hard to save this woman?” When I checked it out, I couldn’t believe the evil incarnate that was in play. The Media willfully missed the boat on the story and misrepresented every fact from beginning to end. It is unforgiveable. And how about that Catholic Bishop leaving the country during Easter, while Terri was being executed? God will deal with him in good time.
Wesley Smith: What I find terribly ironic, is that in 1998, Terri had more than $700K in her trust account to pay for her care. The bulk of this money instead went to lawyer George Felos and other attorneys, to help end her life.
The government’s job is to protect the lives of its citizens. That is why, for example, we have government-funded suicide prevention centers.
http://www.courttv.com/talk/chat_transcripts/2005/0324schiavo-debate.html
One of the most noted rabbis (who passed away c. 1986/ c5756)
discussing this isse back then remarks (killing them
as Terri was) is murder even if the person is in a condition
where “insensitive” persons refer to (the potential victim)
as a “vegetable” This is Rav Moshe Feinstein z”l, as
quoted in Abraham S. Abraham’s Nishmat Avraham which I
remember requesting in the library four years (!) and
I *think* a few days ago. I also personally do not think
Terri was in a “PVS” state, based on discussions I have had
with persons recovering from brain injury.
As I recall, the New York Times not long after Terri’s
murder had an article about “many levels of consciousness”
Ms. Brody should consult her employer’s archives (I have
it here, but not at hand.) Also, if she thinks the real
“trauma” in 2005 was that of Terri’s family, IMO she has
no credibility on medical issues.
I understand your hesitance about “word policing” but
adhering to accuracy and and decency voluntarily
isn’t the same thing. Also those employing obfuscatory
euphemisms enabling murder need to be called on it.
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