The Forum: If Terri Dies, Who is Safe?

Catholic World News ^ | 3/28/05 | Phil Lawler

[marshmallow]

A generation ago, the federal government summoned the political will to send federal troops into Mississippi, to integrate schools there, in a direct confrontation with state officials. On this occasion, our government has shown that it lacks the will to save an innocent citizen from a court-approved killing.

Thoughts?

[OriginalChristian]

Nobody.

[telltaleheart]

Behold a pale horse.

[68 grunt]

Who is ever safe, anyway? Jeez, you folks need some balls!

[PISANO]

Who is safe?

It would seem only Judges are safe!!

[Liberal Bob]

Tenured Professors.

[inquest]

A generation ago, the federal government summoned the political will to send federal troops into Mississippi, to integrate schools there, in a direct confrontation with state officials. On this occasion, our government has shown that it lacks the will to save an innocent citizen from a court-approved killing.

Thoughts?

The missing ingredient in the second instance that was present in the first: judges ruling against the state. It wasn't about justice; it was merely about upholding federal judicial authority.

[newgeezer]

Thoughts?

Frankly, if I'm in Terri's condition -- whatever that really is -- I wouldn't mind leaving this scene ASAP, even if it requires some additional suffering on the way out.

[Joe 6-pack]

A little over a decade ago, US Forces were committed to Somalia in what essentially amounted to a War on Starvation.

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They came for the unborn, but I did not speak out as I had been born.

They came for those unable to speak for themselves, but I did not speak out as I could speak for myself....

[ModernDayCato]

I am.

[redgolum]

The "right to die" will now become "obligation to die". I have older relatives, some with severe health problems. To the culture of death, this isn't about Micheal or Terri, this is about balancing the budget in a few years. This is about finally being able to take car of the "submerged tenth". This is about "building a better tomorrow". In short, this is the opening to a new genocide.

[monkeywrench]

http://www.apostle1.com/10-26-2004-beware_of_what_you_ask_for.htm

[dwilli]

Many treat this case as if it is the first time
intravenous food has been removed from a patient
who is brain dead but appears to be responsive to
reflex motion.

It's been done since the beginning of medicine. It will
continue to be done until the end of medicine.

The folks that are so adamantly protesting this action
are much more worried about it's effect on the anti-abortion/right-to-life movement movement than they are about Terri Schivano.

[inquest]

Frankly, if I'm in Terri's condition -- whatever that really is -- I wouldn't mind leaving this scene ASAP, even if it requires some additional suffering on the way out.

That's a bit of an odd statement. You don't know what her condition is, yet you're certain that you'd prefer death to it?

[Alberta's Child]

If you look at the U.S. today and compare it to the world that existed in 1940, you'll find that we have FAR more similarities with Germany of that era than with the United States of that era.

The only question in the back of my mind is this: which racial/ethic groups are going to end up in the proverbial boxcars of THIS era?

[inquest]

"Intravenous"? Where are you getting this information from? The court order forbids even giving water by mouth.

Please get your facts straight before posting on a thread like this, where there's a lot of sincere concern and outrage on this subject.

[MacArthur]

Excellent analysis. Regards,

[UCANSEE2]

about it's effect on the anti-abortion/right-to-life movement movement than they are about Terri Schivano.

And the elderly in nursing homes, which the hospice took in over $14 million scamming medicare for 150 plus patients who were not TERMINALLY ILL, and the disabled. I mean, If Judge Greer can alter the statutes to fit one particular case, as they did ten years ago, but Jeb Bush cannot do the same thing without FELOS and GREER declaring it unconstitutional, then what manner of disability is ruled ARTIFICIAL LIFE SUPPORT next?

[newgeezer]

That's a bit of an odd statement. You don't know what her condition is, yet you're certain that you'd prefer death to it?

Absolutely. In fact, I'm certain I prefer death to anything this world has to offer. But, my time isn't up yet.