If I am unable to care for myself or be cognizant of those around me I do NOT wish to be saved for someone else's crusade. If you choose to be euthanized or commit suicide, it would be MUCH better if you did it quietly. There are too many liberals out there who want to make a political issue of this, and too great a risk that people who DO NOT want to be murdered or commit suicide will be sucked down the tubes with those who do.
Same thing with the Hemlock Society. If they want to kill themselves quietly, nobody can stop them. But if they want to change the medical profession into killers who cannot be trusted by their patients, that must be resisted.
It's all well and good that this issue has gotten many of you thinking about ensuring that your wishes are made plain, just in case. You might change your mind when it comes down to it. Browse through the threads on this subject. Click on the links.
There is one post by a nurse who described a patient who left written instructions not to be taken to the ER if needed again. When the occasion arose, the patient changed his/her [don't remember which sex] mind. The patient went to the ER. Fortunately, that one could speak. Hope you're so fortunate!
In this case the husband has a demonstrable vested interest in her wife's death. He told the malpractice jury that the funding was needed to keep her alive. He's been trying to kill her ever since he got the money. Don't you have anything to say about that?
Further, none of you have expressed any squeamishness over the fact that Michael Schiavo, his brother and his sister in-law are the only ones who have affirmed Terris desire not to be kept alive in this way.
None of you have shown any disdain for the fact that he has impregnated another woman twice while married to a disabled wife, yet refuses to divorce her. He has said explicitly that he will not do so, because he is afraid that her blood relatives may persist in trying to keep her alive. We can only speculate about the money held in trust for her medical care and what happens to it if she dies. She reportedly has no will.
Michael reportedly has a $80,000 Mercedes. No one knows what he does for a living to afford that and nearly ten years of legal fees pursuing his wife's death.
There were skull fractures found in a routine bone scan. His doctors say it's because of brittle bones. No outside doctors have been allowed to explore this. Does that bother you?
None of you have had any comment on the assertions by at least 10 doctors who have testified that her condition could be improved through rehabilitative therapy, which Michael forbade within months of the malpractice award. Instead, he took the word of two doctors, one of whom always has voted for death by dehydration/starvation.
None of you have said anything about the financial links that Judge Greer has to the Hospice industry.
None of you have expressed any suspicion about why it is that the judge severely restricted access to Terri by her blood relatives when he found out that they were trying to help her feed herself. Only Michael Schiavo's doctors are allowed to see her. You would think that he would allow them to pursue this.
None of you have had anything to say about how the story has been reported in the mainstream press in comparison to the facts that are obtainable from outside sources [the main theme of this thread].
One thing about this case that is not unique is that many others have occurred. Browse thru MarMema's list:
http://www.freerepublic.com/~Marmema/ You'll find one wherein the patient asked for water when it was decided that she was better off dead. Didn't matter what she said. THEY LET HER DIE! Is that death with dignity as far as you're concerned? None of you have expressed an opinion of the method being used to kill Terri Schiavo.
icelandicconservativ: Of course there are no new videos made. The Judge has forbidden it. Broadcast of the ones that are available caused him a great deal of embarrassment.
There is plenty of information about this story that you can get. Please feel free to look for it. Don't take my word for any of the assertions made.