Terri ping
As I said on different threads yesterday, I only hope something can be done to find out whose medical experts are correct in this case so that the proper decisions can be made for this woman and her family.
If I were governor of Florida I'd drop Michael Schiavo into the Atlantic about 50 miles out in a bid to stop the hurricanes. (Could work: he sucks, they blow) No downside.
If Terri had expressed a desire not to be kept alive by artificial means, her frame of reference is Karen Ann Quinlan, kept alive on a respirator. Feeding tubes were not considered artificial means at that particular time. Therefore, Terri cannot be condemned by withdrawal of food and hydration because it was not an artifical means during a time she would have made such a statement ... if in fact, she ever did.
M. Schiavo should be ... nevermind. PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL, PTL...ahh, better.
prayer bump
Will do and thank you for the post!!!
"None of this makes any sense to us."
Her family is not alone on that count. It doesn't make sense to me, either. As I said in a previous posting, there is a shortage of intelligent thinkers in Florida's legal community.
Of course the Florida Court is wrong, we all know that, but legally, I wonder how they can base the decision on the fact that the executive branch overstepped it's bounds, and over ruled a court decision....now, can a Governor not pardon anyone who has been sentenced in a court decision? Don't the courts always err on the side of life, when bringing down decisions of the death penalty? Seems the Governor has the power already, to overrule a court decision!
As I have said before, we have seen in the last few years, that husband's don't always have their wives best interest at heart, and so, they should not be put in charge of their life and death. No man should have that kind of power over his wife's body!