To: Wheee The People; All
Although the media and Michael's attorney would like to paint this as a "right-to-die" issue, it isn't in my opinion. The media has totally distorted the truth about what they allow to get out about Terri's condition. First they say she's comatose, or sometimes brain-dead. When the wheel starts getting squeaky, they change the story with something more akin to the truth. Terri's brain-damaged. The media leads people to believe that Terri is near the end of her life, only the real truth is that she was kept in hospice for OVER FOUR YEARS! Wow, that's really terminal! They tell us that she's hooked up to life-support, when what she really has is a feeding tube in her abdomen. My former brother-in-law relies on a bag attached to his abdomen to rid himself of his wastes. Isn't that akin to what Terri's medical supplies are?
The reason the polls are so skewed is because the population has fooled by the media to believe something that isn't true! My own family, who all still live in Florida, yet basically rely on the print and TV media for their information, have all thought Terri was comatose and hooked up to ventilators and such until I've shown them otherwise.
And for anyone who thinks that Terri's cause is taken up only by religious conservatives, let me assure you that you're mistaken in that regard as well. Terri's issue cuts across all demographics, no matter how they are drawn.
257 posted on
03/30/2004 12:15:54 PM PST by
Ohioan from Florida
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
To: Ohioan from Florida
And for anyone who thinks that Terri's cause is taken up only by religious conservatives, let me assure you that you're mistaken in that regard as well. Terri's issue cuts across all demographics, no matter how they are drawn. Again you don't even have the support of the majority of "religious conservatives". I will admit that there is a strange alliance with the ultra left "disability rights" wackos but go figure...
259 posted on
03/30/2004 12:20:52 PM PST by
Wheee The People
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