Posted on 03/28/2005 10:37:03 PM PST by nickcarraway
The local newspaper here in Beverly Hills expressed it best in a headline:
"Terry Schiavo Sentenced To Death."
Because she had a "husband" who did not want her alive to talk about him or for whatever reason, she was sentenced to die in a cruel and unusual way that the Supreme Court would never have countenanced for the most savage mass killer -- slow starvation and dehydration. Why isn't she excused from the death penalty for that reason alone?
Because the courts read the public opinion polls and the polls show that most people don't care for her to stay alive, she is sentenced to die. So now we have "Family Feud" justice where the only right answer is the one that most respondents give, and a totally innocent woman has to die because a poll says so.
I wonder if a poll of Aryan Germans would have found a majority who cared enough to pull a lever to save the Jews. I suspect a good majority -- voting in total secrecy, of course -- would have said, "Let them die. They're inferior and not worth providing food for." So now we are at that level.
But when Terri Schiavo is with her Maker let's be clear what happened: she was executed by the culture of death judiciary, the same ones who say no baby has a right to live until he's out of the womb by a few days -- and you can bet that's going to change so that babies who are less than perfect will soon be sentenced to death, too. She was executed, despite having committed no crime whatsoever, by thugs in black robes who would not know a law if it were on their breakfast plate.
This is what we have come to. The unelected judiciary has simply taken over, like a gangster governmental branch, from the rest of the government, and it is a judiciary of death. And this is with a Republican, right to life president. When a Democrat wins again, as will surely happen, God help us.
Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu.
YES! Just wait for the next rat administration. At the rate we're going downhill, we'll soon be living in Orwill's 1984.
"thugs in black robes who would not know a law if it were on their breakfast plate"
As only Stein can say it!!
Weird coincidence: There's a Seinfeld episode where Kramer wants to make a living will. Ben Stein plays the lawyer.
I never was a Seinfeld fan - but that is an interesting coincidence.
Wow. (Ben Stein Bump!)
I love Ben Stein. Amen.
its come to killing people because someone says they're not "good enough" or they're inconvenient to keep alive...
how can any freepers possibly support this killing is beyond me......
we don't treat murderers this way, not even animals....
As usual, Ben nails it on the head more concisely, and precisely, than anyone else I have read on topic.
The man is a national treasure.
The reason that the judiciary has taken over is that the other branches of government have decided to be blindly obedient to their opinions. We should start ignoring the more outrageous opinions and return our government to the people.
That's what Alexander Hamilton suggested, in so many words.
ping
They believe in the rule of law ... law being defined as every word that passes from a judge's mouth.
Thank you, Mr. Stein.
Everyone else ***PING*** Ben Stein
Other articles on FR that Ben has written.
Ben Stein: One of Them (Tribute to Arthur Miller)
Ben Stein: How Was Your Day? (Ben shares of his hosting a military member and family) AWESOME
Ben Stein: Tribute to Ronald Reagan (It's Ben need I say more)
Ben Stein: Special Deliverance (another amazing essay)
Gratitude (If not today, tomorrow, and every day, when?) [Ben Stein]
Ben Stein: Christmas Peace (The voice of a true American Patriot - most read)
U.S. Islamic group calls for disciplinary action against general for remarks (outrageous)
Witness: Ross said goodbyes, refused last meal before execution was delayed
ping a ling a ling
By a probate judge named Greer
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