Posted on 03/23/2005 6:22:21 AM PST by ColoCdn
"Florida's continuing Terri Schiavo saga is of interest not only there, despite the uniquely American wrangle of states' rights versus federal involvement. The human aspect is compellingly universal and should trigger soul-searching in all modern societies where welcome medical advances have multiplied such dilemmas.
We here have seen related legal disputes brought by terminally ill patients or their next-of-kin, often aimed at shortening an inevitable and irreversible process of death and sparing avoidable excruciating agony.
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It is indeed hard to imagine an Israeli court ruling like the one in Florida in a case such as Schiavo's. True, preserving life can sometimes risk prolonging suffering in a way that a patient would not choose. But our judicial system is right to be wary of an even greater danger, that of granting a license for the elimination of incapacitated people, especially on the say-so of people who can hardly be trusted to have the patients' best interests at heart.
Whatever complaints we may have about our judiciary's inclination toward overreach, we must admit that here the Schiavo case would have likely evolved very differently
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
I'm beginning to lean the same way as you.
The American People treat elections as if it were solely a financial issue.
The American People don not believe that a persons support of the murder of innocents is an election issue.
The American People believe that the election of Judges, or appointment by a President is not an important issue.
The American People stand by while the Socialist Dumocrats prevent Judges that believe in the Constitution from appointment.
The American People have brought this culture of Death down upon our heads, and a large majority appear to have accepted this Death cult with the idea, it can never happen to me.
How naive
I think that you are blaming the American People for a lot that they are not responsible for in this case. Terri has been betrayed by an unfaithful husband. The court has believed him since he is her lawful guardian. The mistake made was in not having fought his guardianship from the very beginning. He has orchestrated this entire thing. Her death is on his head.
As for the judicial system, that can be rectified by our legislative system passing new laws so that this never happens again. That is where the American People can be heard. We have a majority of Republicans in office. A law must be passed to protect the rights of the handicapped and incapacitated. Also, we all must be responsible and have written Living Wills! Then our loved ones will not be faced with this type of harrowing experience and will know our wishes before the circumstance arises.
We are raising a nation of murderers and don't even know it. Children learn by example. When the Nation cheers the LEGAL murder of an innocent women, how do you rationalize that killing is wrong to your (generic) children?
"The Schiavo case meets none of the stringent criteria applied in Israel. Her condition isn't terminal. She can survive for many years, which is perhaps what troubles her estranged husband, who has a new family and children with a common-law wife. Schiavo left no living will and the Florida courts were swayed merely by the husband's contention that she had spoken against artificial life support after viewing a sad movie. Finally, the position of a husband who hasn't visited or cared for his stricken wife and has "moved on" wouldn't be preferred here over that of distraught parents who beg for the right to nurse their daughter.
Reverence for life dominates Jewish tradition. The late Jewish philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz wrote vehemently against "so-called mercy killings. To whom are we showing mercy? To the unconscious patient who may sense nothing, or to ourselves, liberating us from the physical and emotional burden that the patient's continued existence causes?... If we accept the notion that under certain circumstances the taking of human life is no crime, we may find the world swarming with pitiful human creatures whose termination is desirable. We must not yield to the argument that death is better than some unfortunate individuals' lives."
Very powerful, wasn't it? Too bad we, in North America, have developed the Euro-disease of looking at the disabled as unacceptable burdens.
There will be a price to pay for this about 40 years down the road.
Florida doesn't vote in the Fl supreme court Judges? the local Judges (including Greer) are not elected? By that's news. When did Jeb Bush appoint Greer? Or for that matter, when did he appoint the Fl State supreme Court Judges.
The election of judges varies from state to state. The judge in this case, Greer, was elected.
In Colorado we hold elections for certain judicial posts.
OOOOPS! Excuse me. I thought every state was the same. My apologies.
I apologize. Please forgive my ignorance, even though I know ignorance is no excuse. I am from Virginia. We don't elect judges.
No need to apologize. We all learn here at FR. It's a veritable set of college courses in many disciplines.
No problemo
Thank you. My face is red.
Thank you. Yes, that is what I love about FR. I have learned so much in the short time I have been here.
Ping of interest!
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