[Servant of the 9]

If those last ten days were so hard for you and your father, why not have some compassion for Terri WHO IS NOT DYING and her parents who do not want her too.

I have compassion for Terri. It is a terrible way to die, but the only option the government has left. Blame the Government for not allowing a painless death.
I don't have enough compassion for her to want her saved when doing so is going to mean passing a hideous Federal Law that will hurt thousands of others every year. Not when she didn't give enough of a shit about her own life to have a Living Will.

So9

[rwfromkansas]

So because she didn't have a living will, we have to believe her guardian is telling us the truth that she wants to get offed?

He has to provide some evidence for his claim, and he hasn't.

Even take a lie detector test and I would be willing to say okay, pull the plug. But, he hasn't done that to my knowledge.

[Badray]

I have compassion for Terri.

BS

It is a terrible way to die, but the only option the government has left. Blame the Government for not allowing a painless death.

BS again. WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO DIE? SHE IS NOT SICK OR DYING.

I don't have enough compassion for her to want her saved when doing so is going to mean passing a hideous Federal Law that will hurt thousands of others every year. Not when she didn't give enough of a shit about her own life to have a Living Will.

Finally, SOME honesty.

Possibility #1 -- In 1990, she didn't expect or suspect that her husband may try to kill her OR if she did, her having a living will would have paved the way for him to finish the job if something happened to her. Maybe not having one was a way to keep herself alive if she had already been experiencing abuse from him.

Possibility #2 -- In 1990, she was still pretty much a kid (by my old guy standards). How many people that age even have life insurance, let alone a living will? How many people of any age had living wills back then when the expectation was that they would try to keep you alive if you ever ended up in the hospital in need of help?

This law that is proposed is not of Terri's doing. It is the result of government officials who are too busy wining, dining, and lining their pockets to pay attention and take the mess that our judiciary system is seriously.

Don't blame Terri to ease the pain of your personal decisions.

[JFK_Lib]

I don't have enough compassion for her to want her saved when doing so is going to mean passing a hideous Federal Law that will hurt thousands of others every year. Not when she didn't give enough of a shit about her own life to have a Living Will.

SO9 you are too loathesome to argue with and I am going to put your quote on my web page. Thank you for illustrating so well the depths of moral and mental depravity that a person can sink to.

[carenot]

I have compassion for Terri. It is a terrible way to die, but the only option the government has left. Blame the Government for not allowing a painless death. I don't have enough compassion for her to want her saved when doing so is going to mean passing a hideous Federal Law that will hurt thousands of others every year.

Yes, it is terrible.

It is a shame that a Federal law might save other people from a terrible death.