Posted on 03/23/2005 4:46:14 AM PST by billorites
I stopped at "moral values"...they don't know what that is. I guess I should have stopped at "New York Times," but I was curious...why don't they just go ahead and draw a huge smiley face on this article and get it over with?
This is about as factual as last week's report that Bush was going to nominate Carley Fiorina to the World Bank..
THE NYT IS BEYOND PATHETIC!
THEY ALSO GIVE 'CLUELESS' A BAD NAME!
B.S.
My best friend couldn't believe it until she checked her self, and then she called me back, crying "Why are they murdering that lady?"
Mark
This was a comedy piece disguised as opinion.
Just how much money do you get from Teresa Heinz Kerry's Tides Foundation, Mr. Kohut?
And I wonder where the Kerrys stand on this issue? Anyone heard a peep outta them on the subject of Terri Schiavo?
Or people who say "well I wouldn't want to live like that..." Most people that say that ARE braindead anyway, but it's NOT UP TO THEM!!
Leave it to the NYT to reduce this woman's life to nothing more than political strategy.
. . .as for NYT's critiqueing 'm o r a l'. . .this is like a blind journalist describing an elephant.
I wonder if Schiavo may not be more a statutory than a Constitutional issue; 18 USC 241 would seem to apply if 'life' is a "right or privilege secured ... by the Constitution or laws of the United States". While I'm not aware of any general 'right to life' in federal law, the Declaration of Independence says that "[all men] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life...", and the Ninth Amendment says "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Taken together, these seem to argue that 'life' is a God-given right equal in status to the enumerated rights, and not to be 'denied' by being ignored. Therefore, in a backdoor way, it is 'secured' by the Ninth Amendment, bringing in 18 USC 241.
Well, I am perfectly ignorant about the law and I have no opinion about Schiavo, but I think this line of reasoning is interesting. If it's correct, then no one can be deprived of life without some sort of federal due process.
TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 241
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress,
threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory,
Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or
enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the
Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his
having so exercised the same;...
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts
committed in violation of this section or if such acts include
kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or
an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to
kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for
any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to
death.
A little news flash for the NYT: ELECTIONS are the "balance of public opinion". Republicans are in the majority in both houses of Congress, in control of the White House, and hold most state legislatures and governorships for a reason. MOST people agree with THEM, and not with the twisted liberal psycophants in the DNC and the MSM!
anyone (calling all dims) that would base a life and death decision on an opinion poll is morally bankrupt.
At first, polling data had support for "letting Terri die" (in other words, murdering her "legally") at the mid-80%. By Monday, it was down to about the mid-seventies. Now, it's down to 68%. Either people are learning the truth about Terri's state or these polls are about as useful as fourth wheel on a tricycle!
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