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To: Trust but Verify
"Can you accept that there is distortion on both sides?

Yes. What I have trouble accepting is the fact that this is being portrayed as a "right to die" scenario (whatever that means), but Ms. Schiavo wasn't dying. Not even in the beginning of this whole ugly mess.

To err on the side of life is infinitely more likely to stand up under God's judgement than assuming something not really proven. It's like abortion in the "first trimester" (or second or third...). When I've asked pro-abortion women how they determine the exact moment that the first ends and the second begins, their response is shakey and evasive. So how do you determine exactly when an act's consequences become certain?

Besides, Bastardo Schiavo (sorry) has refused divorce, a million dollars and other "outs" to simply turn Terry over to the people who love her without limit. In the United States, we take care of our helpless. We don't toss them in the trash heap - especially when someone is stepping up to the plate to take complete responsibility.

120 posted on 03/23/2005 3:45:20 PM PST by steenkeenbadges
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To: steenkeenbadges
I will not judge any of these people, as I would not want someone to judge me. It SHOULD be a private family matter. If I had to live the way Terri has lived, I would have wanted my family to take any action necessary to see that I did not go on. You can call it whatever you want.

I have seen what a nearly-but-not-quite-fatal stroke has done to my mother's life for the past 8 years. It is a constant source of pain for a lot of people, most of all, for her. She wishes she would have died and so do I. She is now stuck with a pretty healthy mind but in a body that has robbed her of independence. Having your kids wiping your rear end is humiliating, no matter what assurances she receives from us.

As I said, this should be a private matter.

124 posted on 03/23/2005 3:54:15 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Pull up a chair and watch history being made.)
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