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To: Jimmyclyde

"Both sides had their chance in court. The courts have said that it was Terri's wish NOT to live like a vegetable."

1. A "chance" in a corrupt court is no chance.

2. She's not a vegetable, or "like a vegetable."

3. When told she was going to be killed, she tried to say, "I want to live," then burst into tears.


632 posted on 03/23/2005 5:49:29 PM PST by dsc
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To: dsc
The courts have said that it was Terri's wish NOT to live like a vegetable.

Inadvertently, you have swerved into the crux of the matter. The courts have said it, but there is question that Terri herself said it. The courts, using conflicted personnel, based their rulings on hearsay evidence, something not normally done when a person's life is at stake. Show me a legally binding, unaltered document that specifies Terri's wishes, signed by Terri herself, appropriately notarized and documented, then I'll believe it (and even then, I don't believe she, or any rational person, would wish to be starved to death). Until then, you're basing your judgment on hearsay, much of it offered by a person whose interests are obviously conflicted. Condemning an innocent person to die on the basis of such evidence is legally questionable, not to mention morally reprehensible and ethically indefensible.

642 posted on 03/23/2005 5:59:34 PM PST by chimera
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To: dsc
When told she was going to be killed, she tried to say, "I want to live," then burst into tears.

Guaranteed this did not happen.

I bet she asked for a cold Dr. Pepper and a slice of pizza too.

Pure propaganda.

651 posted on 03/23/2005 6:12:01 PM PST by Jimmyclyde (Dying ain't much of a living boy...)
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