[Southack]

"Strategy didn't work out too good for Terri Schiavo."

That's true, she certainly suffered. However, her martyrdom will have repercussions that benefit millions of her fellow helpless Americans due to how the politics were played.

Sucks for her, of course, but the other millions will see it for what it was after another 2 generations or so.

[EternalVigilance]

That's true, she certainly suffered. However, her martyrdom will have repercussions that benefit millions of her fellow helpless Americans due to how the politics were played.

Sucks for her, of course, but the other millions will see it for what it was after another 2 generations or so.

Hmmm...

In substance, that is almost exactly what Jesse Jackson said when he had his infamous press conference with Jeb Bush right before Terri died.

Didn't necessarily agree with him then, don't necessarily agree with you now.

If the political and legal establishment have their way, and the whole thing is hushed up, you are wrong. No good will come of Terri's murder, only a further opening of the Pandora's box of euthanasia.

I find it to be greatly ironic that the only way your statement, and Jackson's, can be brought to pass is if people like us keep screaming to high heaven about the anti-American injustice of what was done to this innocent young woman.

[Lazamataz]

That's true, she certainly suffered. However, her martyrdom will have repercussions that benefit millions of her fellow helpless Americans due to how the politics were played.

I'll agree with this. Much in the same manner as how Waco played out. And this seems to have demonstrated an important difference between Murrica and the rest of the world: In Murrica, the outrage shut down any repetitions. In other countries, the outrage would have accelerated the recurrence.