[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.

[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?

[Cecily]

So far I have seen Scott, Brian, and Michael Schiavo speaking on television. All three come across as not particularly bright, bullying SOB's. The lawyer Felos is a unatic, if his book is any indication. The judge is likely a petty, corrupt little man on a power trip. Michael's shack-up Jodi is likely either as venal and heartless a witch (but spelled with a "B") as there ever was, or a doormat completely cowed by bully Michael.

Poor Terri. Lord, why can't she and her parents prevail? Why must Michael and the cloud of evil around him win?

[Aquinasfan]

But with the Schiavo case, the "right to die" movement recognized the opportunity to skip over several intermediary steps, to score a major legal and political coup. If the courts would authorize the starvation of this woman, and if the public would accept it, the entire debate would shift in favor of euthanasia. If Terri Schiavo can be starved to death simply because her life has been judged burdensome, then every person who is disabled, retarded, or senile becomes a candidate for similar treatment. The key precedent will have been set; the principled opposition to "mercy killing" will be thoroughly undermined.

This is right on the money.

It's open season on anyone on life support. Legal starvation of the inconvenient is in play. And we've taken the second step toward legalized infanticide.

[RightWhale]

our government has shown that it lacks the will to save an innocent citizen from a court-approved killing.

One and the same. The courts are a branch of gov't. The balance between the branches of gov't may be out of whack. It could be a structural problem, or it may be that a handful of individuals have temporarily caused the imbalance.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

look guys this terri schiavo thing sucks,but i think after its all said n done,thats the last "mercy killing" we'll see cause next time around we'll twice as militant,twice as strong,

keep your head up and KEEP FIGHTING WE CANT EVER QUIT

[kpp_kpp]

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> The Forum: If Terri Dies, Who is Safe?
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everyone that writes a living will.

[billbears]

I feel a lot safer that the family, whether or not we necessarily like Michael, is making the decision versus the national government making the decision and enforcing their current view. Current law, however right or wrong it may be, allows the family to make the decision right now and it was upheld. If we allow this first case to be controlled either way by the national government you are starting down a very slippery slope.

I think that so many that have gotten emotional over this need to step back and think what may happen from a precedent standpoint and who you want making the decision for you at this time.

[THE MODERATE]

I do not know if any of us is safe. I hope her death, and I fear that will be the case, will spurn people and congress to begin laws to protect people. I do not know if she is brain dead or not, but denying her food and water is just awful, her husband is as low as one can get, and the political class are hiding in the tall grass, cowards for the most part trying to figure out how to survive or gain from this politically. If she had killed someone and been on death row she would have more rights, go figure.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

The Forum: If Terri Dies, Who is Safe?

who is safe? People NOT brain dead for one

[k2blader]

Regarding the right to Life, no one has been safe since abortion was made legal.