[Gondring]

Oh, then who is the woman in the hospice who is being starved to death at court order. If "the court did not order anyone's death," then the nation must be caught in the grip of mass delusion, thinking that a woman is wasting away at the Pinellas hospice, on Judge Greer's orders.

I'm sure you've heard it before, but I think it's cool that we're both Churchill buffs. The difference is that I prefer Winston to Ward. If you don't mind, let's switch to Winston's style--i.e., facts.

I guess it isn't really happening, and all those SWAT cops outside the hospice are there because they thought it was a donut shop.

False dilemma. "Donut Shop" and "Order to Die" are not the only to options.

If Mrs. Schiavo were to ask for water, grab a burger, etc., she would not be stopped. What Greer has ordered is that nobody try to force-feed her, via tube or mouth. She is to be allowed to pass without interference.

Even if Mrs. Schiavo had left a living will/advance directive document, she would not be allowed to exercise her right to die peacefully...Florida law is still pretty barbaric. :-(

We all have rights, endowed by our Creator...
Right to Keep and Bear Arms
   Right to Discard and Not Bear Arms
Right to Free Speech
  Right Not to Speak Out (I wish more would practice THIS one!
Right to Practice A Religion
   Right Not to Practice A Religion
Right to Live
   Right to Die
Right to Own Property
   Right Not to Own Property
Et cetera

How grateful I am that we have Constitutional protection of these things, and compulsion is mostly something from other regimes.

[Gondring]

Yikes...my typo jumps off the page at me. "TWO" options. Forgot a ping, too.

[muawiyah]

BTW, even if Terri was to ask for a burger and fries, the morphine drip stops her cold.

Did Greer order that? If so, he ordered that she be killed.

[Apogee]

If Mrs. Schiavo were to ask for water, grab a burger, etc., she would not be stopped. What Greer has ordered is that nobody try to force-feed her, via tube or mouth. She is to be allowed to pass without interference.

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Guess folks better be careful about nourishing any patient who is unable to speak for a day or two, eh?
Or perhaps one can raise the defense, "He did not ask me for water?"