Rabbi Lapin to Judge Greer: “WHAT PART OF 'THOU SHALL NOT KILL' DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?”

Toward Tradition ^ | Marcy 25 05 | Rabbi Lapin

[churchillbuff]

Toward Tradition and Rabbi Daniel Lapin urge the husband of neurology patient Terri Schindler-Schiavo, and Judge George Greer, who issued her death warrant, to recognize that starving an invalid is murder, not mercy.

Florida Circuit Court Judge Greer Thursday last week re-interpreted the law, calling food and water "medical treatment," thus allowing Michael Schiavo to withdraw Mrs. Schindler-Schiavo's feeding tube. This also ignores the rights of Terri's primary caretakers and loyal defenders, her mother and father. The court has ordered all food and water withheld beginning this Friday, March 18th; it is expected to take her between 1- 2 weeks to starve or dehydrate to death. One wonders if they will attempt to withhold air as well.

Rabbi Lapin, president of the national Jewish-Christian alliance, appealed to Mr. Schiavo and Judge Greer to choose life. "Not for nothing is the climax of God's relationship with Israel His admonition 'I place before you this day life and death--therefore choose life.' According to ancient Jewish wisdom, failure actively and deliberately to choose life makes death the default. None of us will be better off in an America in which death has become the culture's default," said Rabbi Daniel Lapin.

Those that support the impending murder might consider that Kate Adamson, a California woman who suffered a sudden double-brainstem stroke, was deemed a vegetable by her physicians; her husband was warned she would never regain full brain function. He refused to give up on her (although she could not speak or move), in stark contrast to Mr. Schiavo. Mr. Adamson's faith appears to have been correct, because his wife has written a book about her experiences: Kate's Journey: Triumph Over Adversity, which tells of her journey from isolation and catastrophic brain injury.

Mrs. Adamson recently spoke out on behalf of Terri Schindler-Schiavo at a rally protesting the pre-meditated murder plot by her husband and the courts.

As former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop wrote: "If we ever decide that a poor quality of life justifies ending that life, we have taken a step down a slippery slope that places all of us in danger. There is a difference between allowing nature to take its course and actively assisting death."

Toward Tradition applauds US Senator Mel Martinez and Representative Dave Weldon (FL), who have introduced a bill to Congress entitled the "Incapacitated Persons' Legal Protection Act," guaranteeing constitutional rights to those who cannot speak for themselves.

[marty60]

Yes but will they keep him off the bench next election.

[ArmyTeach]

#59 I think that would be a false analogy. By it's very nature, war is tragic, because we make war not against specific individuals but against a people. As an example, we did not make war against Hitler and Emperor Hirohito, but against Germany and Japan. That's what confuses the issue in our present conflict. On 911, we were attacked, not by individual terrorists, but by individuals purporting to speak for and represent their people and their culture in a jihad against the Infidel(all of us). Innocents were killed. In proof, the Muslim world gloated and celebrated the event in full view on the evening news. Yet, as evidence of our honor, we continue to deal with the enemy as individuals. Furthermore, a large and increasing proportion of the civilian deaths in Iraq are Muslim on Muslim.
I continue to think that Terri is the victim of a abusive and manipulative husband and a biased and corrupt judicial storm. Just my perception - I'm no lawyer. The whole process has been highly questionable. We will never know the facts, and precedent in case law is established which endangers all of us who find ourselves in extreme health conditions. Hard time finding that acceptable. Sorry for the length...