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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1029010/posts?page=12#12

bears repeating:

"The statute robs patients of their right to refuse unwanted - by whom? the loving hubby? Terri can't speak. The only people who say Terri wants to die are those who stand to benefit from her death - medical treatment," the court filings said.

"... When the state so egregiously tramples upon the fundamental rights of its citizens, as in this case, its use of nice sounding explanations such as 'added protection,' has an Orwellian ring."

What is 'Orwellian' is the idea that there is a 'fundamental right' to be starved to death, but no right to live.

...and supporters led by her devoutly Catholic parents have declared Sunday as Terri Schindler day. Catholic congregations nationwide are being encouraged prayers for her...

This news report is framing the issue as if the only ones who advocate for Terri Schiavo's life are doing so because of religious dogma. I count myself amongst those who are against abortion, euthanasia etc. because it is a human rights issue.

Felos frames the issue as if interlopers are interfering with Terri Schiavo's privacy. In fact, we are fighting the idea that a Judge should have the power to decide if a human being is worthy of life based upon expense and convenience.

Trolls who post on these threads saying 'she's a veggie, let her die in peace' never address that aspect. Most of the time they have a truly sad story about a relative who died a lingering death and don't want such a thing for anyone else. Then they say that those of us who advocate erring on the side of life are basing our opinions on emotion.

Listen, just because someone has a different opinion, doesn't constitute abuse. I see no posting violations, and we are not babysitters for threads. If you all continue to ping us and hit abuse, on non-violations of the posting guidelines, we will have to pull start pulling these threads. Refute the arguement on the thread, not on the abuse reports or by pinging the mods to every post.