Posted on 03/28/2005 11:01:48 AM PST by marshmallow
I have never said anything negative about President Bush.
If you can prove otherwise, please, feel free to do so.
I was responding to a statement made by a poster. To wit:
TERRI IS DEAD.
My only reference was to that poster, no one else.
Well, except for the sworn affidavits of the nurses.
You make it easy to see why you agree with putting Terri away.
Not necessarily. As it is now, that would be a definite possibility. But as with every other power the national government has taken upon itself, this power would also logically be expanded. If this power were given to the national government, I could easily see a politician sponsoring a bill one day defining the point between life and death. And because Republicans condoned the first positive action preventing a family from carrying out questionable instructions, they wouldn't have a leg to stand on in the argument
No, no matter how despicable the husband may be, I feel safer for myself and my family if the national government does not get involved again
That is not the only issue on the table.
The issues are many, but to keep it simple...
Is Terri PVS and should PVS be in the law under the NOT AWARE statute that allows death by dehydration and starvation?
Do we have other laws that allow killing the elderly when they really aren't TERMINALLY ILL?
Was there criminal or manslaughter evidence in what happened to Terri, and why was the evidence withheld by the Judge and the DCF?
Michael may not have caused Terri's collapse. It is evident from his testimony he did nothing about it for around an hour to an hour and a half. Negligent Homicide?
Stop acting like Pontius Pilot.
Good enough. At least you will stick in and defend the eventual outcome. That takes courage.
I am more concerned with long term ramifications for opening a power of this magnitude to the national government
who is safe? People NOT brain dead for one
Felos - BOD of HOSPICE
Judge Greer's wife - BOD of HOSPICE. Judge Greer's close friends and business acqaintences, BOD HOSPICE.
Judge Greer, aided by Felos, changed the Florida Statutes to fit Terri's condition.
Ten years later Jeb Bush tries to do the same thing, and Greer and Felos call it 'unconstitutional'. Please defend that hypocrasy, if you can.
I noticed you kept singling out the federal government in your post, without mentioning the state government. I understand the dangers inherent in the federal government getting involved in anything, and I can even sympathize with the view the state government needs to think twice before doing anything rash. In the current FR poll, I voted "no change in respect, but he should have defied Greer", but now I'm not so sure if that's the right solution. It seems to me that if the law needs to be broken, it should be broken by the people themselves, not by those charged with enforcing it. It certainly makes things considerably more difficult, but I think it's a necessary difficulty for the safety of the rest of us.
But that doesn't mean that I think it's remotely a good idea that this woman's adulterous husband is calling the shots for her. The law definitely needs to be changed, but more seriously, the law, as is the case from time to time, doesn't deserve to be respected. Everything about this is so utterly barbaric that it scarcely deserves to be dignified with the name "law".
But a power of this magnitude is being wielded by a county Judge. And he has disobeyed a federal subpeona.
Terri is later to court for her appearance than Michael Jackson was.
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/HouseSubpoenas.pdf
Because I have no problem with the state government getting involved. Madison was clear on that issue and Scalia agrees with him. Haven't seen Thomas' stance but I imagine he would agree with Scalia.
If Florida wants to muck around with their state laws and constitution, that's the business of the state of Florida. But my stance still is that the family should make the decision. Yes, you will have instances where the wrong family member makes the decision but I'd take that chance compared to some politician making a standard one day in the future that should be followed regardless of the family's position
I apologize for the Pontius Pilate remark.
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