Posted on 03/25/2013 5:13:32 PM PDT by Morgana
You’re confusing compassion with pity. Spend some time getting to know people with serious disabilities, and then you can develop true compassion. If you knew them, you wouldn’t be so quick to judge their lives unworthy.
A marriage license is not a bill of sale.
Not only did she not put any death wish in writing, she very clearly stated her prolife views on many occasions.
When I take the time to judge the quality of someone else’s life, it’s so that I can determine how I might help improve it, not so that I can decide who to kill.
That, and States’ rights trump Federal’s rights, which trump People’s rights. Or is the correct word trample?
The mental gymnastics involved in justifying the murder of Terri Schiavo are disgusting yet impressive. If they had facts on their side, those twists and turns would be completely unnecessary, and they could accomplish worthy things with their energetic brains. But alas, they choose to put their efforts toward defending the indefensible.
Dumb and judgemental!
I don't take the time to criticize decisions made by other people that affects their lives...not mine.
I hope you never have to make the decision to unplug somebody you love.
I’ve been my husband’s caregiver since his stroke. I’m the only thing standing between him and the George Greers of this world, who judge his life unworthy of living.
Judge Greer could never have gotten away with ordering the execution of an innocent woman against her clearly expressed will to live if not for the support of ignorant people who say that disabled people have no reason to live.
If I’m ever again faced with the decision to unplug somebody I love or obey God and help them live, I’m sure I will make the same decision again. I’ve never known anyone to struggle with guilt for not killing someone.
I hope you never have to make such a decision. If you make the wrong choice, your loved ones would have to pay the price, and you would never know the blessing of caring for another person.
Yes you would think you would feel trapped, but it seems it is more like the Rip Van Winkle long sleep- with some awareness.
Jeb Bush could have saved her. He didn’t. Instead, he pretended to stall until it was too late.
I was primary caregiver for my mother , bedridden for 10 years. Didn't know where she was...but I knew she was at home.
I would not have had her hooked up to begin with. She died at age 94. She would have not chosen to live that long in her condition.
What machines? Food and water are not extravagant for someone you care about. Why would they be considered extraordinary for someone else?
I would not be prone to keep a person I love alive with a food tube.
I would not be prone to deprive my loved one of food. If I abused, neglected or killed someone, it stands to reason I didn’t love them. It’s twisted to claim that brutally murdering someone is an act of love. Or that declaring someone’s life not worth living is an act of love. That is the ultimate selfishness.
Greer is evil.
I’m sorry about your husband’s stroke, BB. He is blessed to have you as his caregiver.
I heard my baby girl’s heartbeat for the first time the day Terri died. It was a very bittersweet moment. I heard the news right before my appointment.
Thank you. We are blessed to have each other.
Sounds like God was bringing you some much needed respite from the grief. You love your children unconditionally, and hold them close; even closer when you think of Terri. Am I right?
Would you put an 85 year old parent with dementia, diagnosed with cancer thru chemo therapy? I wouldn't! IMO, that would be abusive and selfish!
If you consider that brutal murder, so be it. To me, it's humane.
You keep trying to deflect and change the subject. Why is that?
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