Right on merry! Apparently, the emotional among us have forgotten that we are a nation of laws.
If you think we are a nation of laws, why has Judge Greer gotten by with allowing MS to not file plans of care yearly AS REQUIRED BY LAW. The law is in place to protect the disabled from abuse and neglect. As long as Terri is alive she had the RIGHT to be cared for according to the guarentees in the LAW. In othe words as long as the court fights were going on she should have recieved PT, OT, feeding therpies if necessary, medical care, dental care ...stuff like that. This is wrong just based on the fact that the judge approved denial of services.
Having said that Gov. Bush and the legislature should have pulled out all stops and authrorized overtime for the DFC to get their report done quickly. I really think that it could be proven she was neglected, then it would be possible for them to intervene, but that wasn't done, they decided to plod through the process....so Terri will probably die since on one seems to think she should at least get to live while the investigation is going on.
tell me, do you want to know the results of that investigation? I do, even if Terri doen't make it. I want to know if she was treated as required under the laws dealing with vulnerable adults. Just because a judge says treatment can be denied (PT,OT, ST, medical etc etc) should not mean it can, since it breaks the LAW. ...which you seem to think shouldn't be done. I pray that God continues to hold her in His hands and comfort her when she is probably going through hell here on earth.
Gee if I treated any of my animals this way i'd be fined and probably put in jail. Why is it ok to treat a human by not even offering food or drink by mouth?
When did we become a nation of laws? I thought we were a nation of soveriegns? Even the Florida Constitution acknowleges that ALL power rests with the people. Just because some a$$hole judge makes his own law doesn't mean he has the power to do so, and that the law need be obeyed.
Due process has been denied. Someone is being deprived of life without due process. That alone is reason enough for a governor to act.
In the reading of the Passion by St. John we see the following "Pilate said to them, 'Take him yourselves and crucify him. I find no guilt in him.' The Jews answered, 'We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die...'" Jesus was an innocent victim. So is Terri. But according to the law we can kill the innocent. Our nation will be called upon to pay the price by God Himself. We must begin today to ask for mercy which our courts apparently are unable to offer for Terri.
Laws that have NOT been followed!!!!!! Greer was given a ORDER from CONGRESS!!!!!! Feds were given instructions from CONGRESS.........it all depends on WHO breaks the laws, some can, others can't . Selective , I say!!!!
What I said to Merry goes to you too. If a law mandates injustice, we as a nation with a conscience and a set of morals are obligated to break that law.