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For whatever reason, liberals want this woman to die.

[GovernmentShrinker]

If the clips are indeed misleading, Michael Schiavo has no one to blame but himself for the public's impressions. Nothing was stopping him from letting an independent party tape and publicize a long uninterrupted attempt by Terri's parents to spark responses from her. And if her parents truly believe she shows signs of response when stimulated like this, theu they'd have been happy to cooperate, so the whole world would know.

[Sloth]

Irrelevant. If she were lying there completely oblivious to any stimuli, it'd still be wrong to starve her to death.

[trussell]

"If Terri has the ability to comprehend language and supposedly laugh and respond to the context of what she heard, then why doesn't Terri laugh when you say, "Terri, please laugh.'

It is easier for me to laugh if I have found something to be funny. For someone to tell me to laugh, most often, I cannot force a convincing sounding laugh.

[jwalsh07]

It doesn't matter. I wacthed a woman on O'Reilly last week. She responded intermittently to her husband by blinking when she was diagnosed as PVS.

The Dr's did not believe her husband and ordered her feeding tube removed. The woman knew what they were talking about, knew what they were going to do and according to her the pain from the removal of food and water was excruciating. Torture was her exact word.

Her husband threatened everybody he could find with law suits and he eventually got the g-tube reinserted.

Last week on O'Reilly the woman told her own story. Think about it.

[skr]

"This is a reflex response," testified University of Florida neurologist Melvin Greer, not related to the judge. "The muscles of the facial area will react to sensory and auditory stimulation."

A brain will also respond to stimuli, unless it's dead. Mr. Schiavo has deliberately kept therapeutic stimulation, even on the most basic level, from Terri for over a decade.

[pc93]

Judge Greer counted.

"By the court's count, (Hammesfahr) gave 105 commands to Terri Schiavo and, at his direction, Mrs. Schindler gave an additional six commands," Greer wrote. "He asked her 61 questions and Mrs. Schindler ... asked her an additional 11 questions. The court saw few actions that could be considered responsive to either those commands or those questions."

Comments:

Florida Law says PVS is NO cognitve behaviour of ANY kind. Even the Judge acknowledges that she had a few actions that were!

FS765.101 Definitions; (11) "Living will" or "declaration" means: (a) A witnessed document in writing, voluntarily executed by the principal in accordance with s. 765.302; or (b) A witnessed oral statement made by the principal expressing the principal's instructions concerning life-prolonging procedures.

(12) "Persistent vegetative state" means a permanent and irreversible condition of unconsciousness in which there is: (a) The absence of voluntary action or cognitive behavior of any kind. (b) An inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the environment.

That's a) and b). Not or. She is not unconscious and showed a few voluntary or cognitive behaviours according to Judge Greer. That's not the same as NONE of ANY KIND>per the statute. In order to KILL her. Oh yeah, to *allow* her to die.

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The Terri Schindler Life Ribbon Campaign acts as a beacon pointing to Terri's plight. It also acts as lighthouse and gateway to others who already Realize and stand as Witness to Terri's inherent right to life and rehabilitation,. It is apparent that Michael Schiavo, George Felos, Deborah Bushnell and Co. must be bound by laws in order to be forced out of Terri's life. Let us continue to spread the word and take actions,. for Terri.

Juan Schoch
e-mail: pc93@bellsouth.net

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