[nickcarraway]

Prosecutor Delivers Emergency Letters To Governor Bush in Terri Schiavo Case [Thomas More Center]

Legal Solution Now on Hand for Terri

SaveTerri.com

"Pay No Attention to the Woman Behind the Curtain!!!!": Attending Terri Schiavo's Appeals Hearing

[nickcarraway]

ping

[mict42]

When all else fail, "HER CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN DENIED"

[Pan_Yans Wife]

CONSERVATIVE attorneys?

Nothing like launching the title of the article by showing your bias.

[maestro]

Conservative attorneys ....?

This is the 'ABA'.....??

:-(

[Graymatter]

Behold the spin! Conservative? I know dozens of flaming liberals, and they are nearly unanimous in their outrage at Terri's execution.

[Capitalist Eric]

Not being coy, I am curious as to why this has caused so much attention.

Her brain is gone, she's as cognitive as a turnip. She'll never function again in society, and can never take care of herself. That the poor husband has waited for some resolution to this for 13 years, says a LOT about him...

But at some point, you have to let go.

So why do we keep hearing about this, from people who don't understand the reality of the situation...?

[William McKinley]

He should intervene.

Why doesn't someone go in and put a pillow over her face, and suffocate her to death?

After all, she is supposedly just a vegetable right now, wasting money, taking up a hospital bed.

Why not save the money and free up the bed, as soon as possible?

Something stops us. Something tied to our humanity.

And how it gets lost in the transition between smothering her and starving her to death befuddles, saddens, and nauseates me.

We even made Timothy McVeigh's execution as fast and humane as possible. She doesn't get that, though, in order to somehow protect us from the fact that society is basically doing the same thing, for the same reasons, as if we went into her room and smothered her. By changing it to passively 'allowing' her to starve herself, we delude ourselves to think we are not actively killing her.

How tragic.

[Orlando]

We got to get the quiet State Assembly involved too...


http://www.flsenate.gov


It's 75%(-/+) GOP controlled....

[Manic_Episode]

KILL ALL THE RETARDS!

SINCERELY,

CAPITALIST ERIC

[Graymatter]

Terri's father is on Hannity's radio show now, saying he's not only unafraid of being sued for publicly accusing Schiavo of strangling Terri---he longs to be sued. It would get the information out.

[Babalu]

This is such an emotional issue. My "gut-level" problem with this whole case is that the courts have sided with nothing but the husband's oral testimony that he is merely complying with her wishes. He has provided no written testimony, i.e., a living will, anything at all, to substantiate his claim and his position in this case. From what I've read, it would appear the courts go on to give him complete and total control of whatever life she has left, simply because no one can produce evidence that she did NOT wish for her life to be terminated in such a manner. Isn't this a bit backwards? Shouldn't the courts, in the interest of protecting the sanctity of life, and guaranteeing this woman's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, place the burden on him to provide evidence, other than verbal or hearsay (which she is incapable of rendering at this time), that she DID want him to be the final arbiter of her life?

What evidence, other than his word, has he provided? And based on all the facts revealed, is not his word and motivation suspect? What is his motivation for behaving the way he is behaving ... denying her biological parents an opportunity to care for their daughter, at no cost to him? Is he standing on principle, and if so, when does principle give way to what is morally and ethically right? Or have we become so secularized that what is morally and ethically right is no longer even a matter for consideration?

The right and moral thing to do is not always the easy way. It takes introspection. It takes having to make a choice between expediency and humanity; between moral relativism and, yes, "what would Jesus do"; between selling your soul to the almighty, fallable legal system or purifying your soul for the Almighty, infallible source of all goodness.

This scares me to no end. It's a sad, sad commentary on how debased we've become that we should all make sure we document our desire to live. It's even sadder to think that if we don't document it, a scumbag like this poor woman's "husband" can convince a court the he holds my life in his hands.

I'm sorry if this seems like ranting, but this is very difficult for me to accept as a Catholic. The sanctity of life, to me, is not a matter for the courts or a so-called husband to negotiate. I have emailed Governor Bush, and have pleaded for him to do the right thing. Though it may cost him votes or even his political career, by doing nothing he is playing with the destiny of his soul. He can, and should, intervene. I truly believe if he and his staff search their souls, they will find a way. We, in turn, should turn the volume up loud and clear of this issue. It is a defining moment for all Floridians and citizens of our nation.

P.S. I am not a lawyer. I am not a politician. I am not a doctor. But my parents, catechism teacher, priest, nuns, relatives, and life taught me the difference between right and wrong. When I do right in the eyes of God, I can sleep at night, and don't have to rationalize my actions and behavior. I don't see how Terri's husband, or the judges in this case can possibly do so. I just don't see how.

[deannadurbin]

>>the fractures have been attributed to brittle bone disease

I'd have "brittle bone disease" too if my husband whacked me around.

[pickyourpoison]

bump

[harpo11]

Sentenced to die. Her only crime...she's brain damaged.