[Byron_the_Aussie]

I can't answer your questions, madame. But it oftens takes a high-profile case like this one to focus the publics' mind on injustice.

One thing I can say is that this Schiavo affair is going to open a Pandora's box. Speaking as someone familiar with the care of aged and dementia patients, I recommend all hale and hearty Freepers visualise themselves, some years hence, in overcrowded and underfunded public nursing care. Do we really want to go down the devaluation-of-life route, as they have in Holland, where a doctor decides of his own accord who gets the final needle, and when? Determining his mood from the footsteps coming through the ward, and hoping he didn't have an argument with his wife over breakfast? I see the Schiavo case as classic socialism- deciding whether the citizen still has value to the state, and making that decision without the citizen's input. Regards, By

[Pan_Yans Wife]

My point is that the three co-equal branches of government in Florida are responsible for the exercise of their laws. It is unreasonable to place all of the blame in Bush's lap at this juncture, while the legislature is eerily silent. If the people of Florida would act at once, and contact their representatives they could show the judiciary and the executive office how concerned they are. In the meantime, the law stands as interpreted by Judge Greer.

[summer]

I see the Schiavo case as classic socialism

There are some people who would argue this is a classic family case. (I am not going to argue that point with you. But, some people would.)