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To: robertpaulsen

I will not be ashamed for speaking up for the weak against the high-handedness of someone who is not a just judge.

There is no legal justification for the refusal of non-medical treatment of anyone, even in Florida law which considers feeding tubes and IV hydration as medical treatment.

Anyone who deprives anyone else of natural means of hydration (or breathing, etc.) acts with the intent of killing. Terri never asked to be killed. It is illegal in Florida to kill or assist in suicide. The judge killed Terri. He should be prosecuted under the law.

No one is above the law, least of all those who have been charged to up hold it.


495 posted on 04/24/2005 11:17:15 AM PDT by hocndoc (Choice is the # 1 killer in the US)
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To: hocndoc
"There is no legal justification for the refusal of non-medical treatment of anyone, even in Florida law which considers feeding tubes and IV hydration as medical treatment."

In Terri's case, there was a damn good medical reason -- she couldn't swallow.

"Anyone who deprives anyone else of natural means of hydration (or breathing, etc.) acts with the intent of killing."

Terri was unable to hydrate naturally.

"Terri never asked to be killed. It is illegal in Florida to kill or assist in suicide."

Terri refused medical treatment. It is legal in Florida to refuse medical treatment.

"I will not be ashamed for speaking up for the weak against the high-handedness of someone who is not a just judge."

Well, that's not what you're doing. You're pontificating. You're lecturing. You're sticking your nose where it doesn't belong. You're imposing your extreme right-to-life fanaticism into a case where is has no business being. You should be ashamed.

501 posted on 04/24/2005 2:15:58 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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