Posted on 03/24/2005 12:45:36 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican
I've been searching for the right word to describe what is happening to Terri Schiavo, a word that has some real blood to it.
It's important to find the right word now, because, by the time you read this, the severely brain-damaged woman might be dead.
Perhaps you've noticed other bloodless words being flipped at her, words like "viability" and phrases like "pull the plug."
These words were once the issue of bloodless people, of clerks and sophists who can prove almost anything with their fine arguments. The rest of us have fed on them until they shape how we think, shaping our options, shaping our future.
If you love someone who is severely disabled, you've thought about this, about their lives years from now, and you wonder about those folks who talk abstractly, using the phrase "quality of life" and you can hear the threat in what they say.
And if you don't think what's happening has anything to do with your own future, you're wrong. Our collective attitude toward her death will likely shape the legislation of tomorrow, when the Pepsi Generation is forced to realize that immortality isn't an option.
What's happening to Schiavo suggests that Americans have finally been taught to think like bureaucrats. Bureaucrats cover their flanks with e-mail and send copies to others to establish positions. They almost say what a thing is, but not outright, not exactly. The bureaucrat embraces the neutral and avoids conflict.
And we've allowed this. We've embraced the values of the bureaucrat, of the manager, and replaced those older, iconic Western values of self-reliance, accepting responsibility and meeting things head on. One of these values--albeit ignored through countless wars and cruelties--is that human life is sacred. But now we are about process. Now we are about avoiding consequence.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
The Judicial Tyrants and Trial Lawyers, Inc. have staged a stealth coup d'etat and stolen our democracy, our freedoms, and our Constitutional rights.
They can reflect later. Action is required now.
IMHO, Felos could stand to do a little bit of reflecting himself.
Yes, they have.
But all "good" things must end and every dog has its day.
Wow. Thank you for posting. This is excellent.
God's Laws supercede man's laws..."
Judge Greer's decree to starve Terri has NO AUTHORITY. People must REFUSE to starve her!!!!!!!
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Her statement about Terri's slow-motion murder was extremely powerful.
I don't use the word d*mned very often, but it appears that we are in that condition, the whole country. The road to hell begins right where the toes point.
No! Michael has stated that he has nothing to gain monetarily by Terri's death! I mean, he would never lie about something important, or anything. (/sarcasm-cynicism)
Very clever. Choke! Choke! Don't quit you day job for a career in comedy. This is too morbid for the average consumer.
RIGHT ON!!!!!!
You are correct. And they must satisfy their urges in more depraved manners.
Unlide Dr K's case, though, the nation has had a few more years in which the evil citizenry have had a chance to nurture their own urges for violence and other evil lusts.
Former ACLUmember,
There's plenty of money. There's a reason why Greer announced today he will not open the propate papers to the public........
Libertarians. A whole different breed.
I always thought he was pretty liberal.
Libertarians does not equate with pro-abortion. Like everyone else, they have to define human life. There are plenty of pro-abortion Republicans.
bttt
I appreciate the ping.Thank you.
Thanks. Continued prayer.
He is such an innocent victim. He deserves it. (The mentality of every sociopath I have ever met.)
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