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Posted on 02/28/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by floriduh voter
Supposedly she died of cancer in September 2004 in the home of Jodi Centonze and MRS. She was ordering the Schindlers around in a high-handed fashion between Oct. 15-21, 2003.
Middle ages you say...
It appears as though *Nothing ever Changes* or
*Nothing is new under the Sun* as the Bibles says.
The people who want to kill Terri are definately BARBARIC.
Signing off for now - after that delicious seafood life support buffet, it's time for bed. Hubby's probably already asleep. Uh-oh ... Freeping is not an addiction! Really! It's not! I promise!
You can tell I'm new here. :)
I posted a reply to post #5. Guess all the sleepless nights lately, are catching up with me. I thought you all started a new thread. (why am I telling on myself? lol)
Bump!
i'm still on the thread. tuned into the repeat of the Savage show
its starting now!
http://www2.krla870.com/listen/
Republic called in when the sub-host Rick Roberts started talking about Terri!
Republic is the 2nd(?) caller
Do you mean Cliff Arquette? The Charley Weaver that was a Nashville comedian?
Rick Roberts is goood. Commerical break now.
Vatican Ethicist Weighs in on Schiavo Case
By Associated Press
March 11, 2005, 10:39 PM EST
VATICAN CITY -- Removing the feeding tube from a brain-damaged Florida woman would be "a pitiless way to kill," the Vatican's point man on bioethical issues said Friday, breaking what he called the church's usual practice of not weighing in on individual cases.
The fate of Terri Schiavo, who doctors say is in a persistent vegetative state, has galvanized many in the United States. Her husband contends his wife has said she would not want to be kept alive artificially, while her parents have battled his efforts to have the tube removed.
A court order requires removal of the feeding tube next Friday. A judge ordered that the feedings be stopped after finding "clear and convincing" evidence that she would not want to be kept alive in her current state.
Monsignor Elio Sgreccia said on Vatican Radio that the Holy See's Pontifical Academy for Life generally does not intervene in specific cases, but Schiavo's case "goes beyond the individual situation because of its exemplary character."
"Silence in this case would be able to be interpreted as approval, with consequences that would go widely beyond the given case," Sgreccia said.
"By any decent count, Mrs. Terri Schiavo can be considered a living human being, deprived of full conscience, whose legal rights must be recognized, respected and defended. The removal of the feeding tube from this person, in these conditions, can be considered direct euthanasia.
"As far as we're concerned, impeding someone access to food and water represents a pitiless way to kill that person," Sgreccia said.
Vatican teaching holds that "extraordinary" means of care are not required but that "ordinary means," including providing nutrition and aiding respiration, must be provided.
Sgreccia said Schiavo's feeding tube "can't be considered extraordinary means" and "not even a therapeutic means. It is an integral part of the means in which Mrs. Terri Schiavo can be fed and hydrated."
Last month, Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, appealed for Schiavo to remain on life support.
Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 after her heart stopped because of a chemical imbalance believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder.
Commerical break is over. Back with Rick Roberts now.
He really is good, he's doing great on the subject of Terri!
First caller now, really awful.
Republic is the next one.
Floriduh Voter once posted:
"Felos's mother backed over his father in their driveway with the family car until dear old dad was dead."
Wish you were still here to listen to your own call!
Markus the 1st caller...this is to much stress/$$$ on michael
From what I understand, in the Middle Ages, unwanted children would be abandoned in the public square. Some would get eaten by wildlife. Some would simply starve. But some would get rescued. The parents who abandoned their children did so with full knowledge that they were likely to die, but they did not make any effort to prevent their children from being rescued by kind strangers.
Michael, Felos, and Greer not only want to avoid having to feed Terri themselves--they want to prevent anyone else from doing it either. Seems to me the Middle Ages were civilized by comparison.
That's awesome! I would love to see the flyer!
Lynn 2nd caller, Really good. Republic must be 3rd caller then?
WooHoo! Way to go Republic! You got some good points in.
darn another comerical break ---grrr :)
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