[Destro]

knowing full well that the people on this thread are referring to Teri Schaivo.

Amd this article mentions the Pope's statement and my statement was in regards to the Pope's words. The Pope never mentioned Teri - I never mentioned her. That you are latched on to the Teri case and twisted my words to somehow reflect what I said as commenting on "Teri" is your fault and not mine.

[IMRight]

Amd this article mentions the Pope's statement and my statement was in regards to the Pope's words. The Pope never mentioned Teri - I never mentioned her. That you are latched on to the Teri case and twisted my words to somehow reflect what I said as commenting on "Teri" is your fault and not mine.

Ummm. No. You did not latch on to "the Pope's words". He does not mention "brain dead with no hope of recovery". He spoke of a persistent vegetative state - which is not the same thing. It is your argument that involves putting words in other's mouths.

http://www.onelegacy.org/prod/components/myths/braindeath.html
http://www.pntb.org/faq-bdth.html

[zinochka]

I agree with Destro. My Papa signed a Living Will and he was a Catholic. The hospital tried to keep him on all the tubes and breathing machines even through his lungs were hard as plastic after being jump-started over and over after massive heart attact. He coud'nt speak but we could see the accusation in his eyes when he looked at us with that thing down his throat! Of coarse the reason was the money! The hospital charged $$ thousands to torture his last days before finally letting him sign another paper for his machines to be shut off. I'm very passionate about this because I watched him suffer when he knew he would'nt get better and I ca'nt remove it from my nightmares. we made sure our own Living wills were completly legal.

[UCANSEE2]

So, if Terri Schiavo is not braindead, do you think she should be allowed to live or not?