We Don't Starve Animals To Death (Rush To Left: How Can You Do This To Terri Alert)

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 03/21/05 | Rush Limbaugh

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

There's a man up in Lynchburg, a rancher. He got depressed. I think he lost a family member. He neglected his cows. They noticed the cows were badly malnurished and locked him away. [105.9 Morning Line. Lynchburg radio.]

[combat_boots]

The first born of Israel.

[TigersEye]

MedBlog doctor questions Terri's brain scan. Must read!

[Victoria Delsoul]

People often say... dying with dignity. Well, it's quite undignified to die of starvation and dehydration. It's a painful, awful death.

[eeriegeno]

If you remove the tube, and she can't feed herself, she just died, nobody's killed her.

I disagree, El Rushbo...

If Terri's feeding tube is not reinserted, she will die of starvation the same way a person or animal would die if locked in a room with no food available. It will be an act of homocide if Terri dies and her death certificate should accurately state the cause of death as 'starvation' as ordered by the estranged husband and upheld by Judge George Greer. Anything less would be a lie to humanity......

[dwilli]

Sounds good to me. Take care

[pollyg107]

I think this sums up why I am so very troubled about this. Last year, I lost my dear little schnauzer, Polly. One cold Sunday morning in November, she couldn't get up. For 24 hours, I carried her food and water to her bed, changed her doggie diapers, and held her in my arms while she slept. The next day I had to take her to the vet. After he examined her and did some x-rays, he told me that she had a tumor on her spine and that it would be cruel to keep her alive because she was suffering. I held her in my arms again as he gave her the injection that immediately ended her life.

Last year, I also lost my mother and my only aunt to cancer. Both of them technically starved to death -- they quit eating and drinking, gradually. The doctors explained that, because of the advanced state of their cancer, it would be cruel to prolong their misery with IVs and feeding tubes. They were both heavily medicated because of the cancer pain, but the doctor at the hospice facility told me that my mother was also suffering the pain of dehydration and starvation. No one will ever, ever convince me that this is a painless, easy way to die. Nevertheless, I think that there is a vast difference between a terminally ill person and one who is not ill, but simply has suffered an injury that makes it impossible for them to care for themselves.

If the kind of injection that was given to my Polly had been available and legal for my mother, I'm sure that she, as well as I, would have happily chosen it for her instead of the slow and painful death by starvation and dehydration. But I never would have presumed to make that decision for her, no matter how much it hurt me to watch her suffering and be helpless to ease it.

[ops33]

I have to admit that I don't completly understand all the legal arguments on both sides of this issue. But in my heart I know that it is wrong to kill this woman. I just can't see where the harm is in letting her live. Who is hurt by that?

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Michael is, because many believe that Michael tried to kill Terri, and that the evidence lies within. This is why Michael never wanted therapists working with Terri, because he was afraid if she ever got better, his game would be over. Many suspect that this is why Michael wants Terri cremated immediately upon her death.

[Smartass]