Terri is not disabled. You may continually try to make it so but it isn't. Terri cannot function on any level other than to breathe. She has no cerebral cortex. For all ostensible purposes she is totally functionless other than to lie there day after day, year after year. If anyone thinks that is merciful, they ought to have their own cerebral cortex examined.
Ditto to every word you posted!
You sound just like a lady that was on my local news when asked about the Schiavo case.
She said; pull the plug. LOOK AT HER, SHE IS JUST LAYING THERE DOING NOTHING.
Sad, Sad, Sad, when we as a society have judged the worth of human beings.
Dogs and cats just lay around all day doing nothing, but I bet you and that women have love for them and find worth in them.
"Terri cannot function on any level other than to breathe. She has no cerebral cortex. For all ostensible purposes she is totally functionless other than to lie there day after day, year after year"
And you know this to be a fact because...........
a.) A doctor said so and they are never wrong
b.) A lawyer said so and they only have the best interest of their clients at heart
c.) The media talking heads told me and they have no agenda other than truth
d.)I am Psychic and have spoken with Terry Schiavo personally.
WRONG. You cannot see without cerebral cortex. You would be cortically blind. You could not follow with your eyes. You would have no recognition ability. You would have no emotion. Read up on your functional neuroanatomy before making such uninformed silly statements.
WRONG. You cannot see without cerebral cortex. You would be cortically blind. You could not follow with your eyes. You would have no recognition ability. You would have no emotion. Read up on your functional neuroanatomy before making such uninformed silly statements.
Here is a seldom seen video showing she can function (I will wait for your retraction:
This is the video that should be shown on the news everynight - it is even more powerful than the balloon video.
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/ccb/videos/Terri_Big_Eyes.rm
This is not reflex action - she heard the doctor, she opened her eyes as wide as she could to impress him.
Even Fox news has ignored this clip.
"Terri is not disabled. You may continually try to make it so but it isn't. Terri cannot function on any level other than to breathe. She has no cerebral cortex. For all ostensible purposes she is totally functionless other than to lie there day after day, year after year. If anyone thinks that is merciful, they ought to have their own cerebral cortex examined."
So what? Should she be murdered? Should she not have the right to live her life up until natural death like hopefully the rest of us? Should she not have the love and compassion of her family surrounding her? Should she be treated like the murders on death rows where it could take 20 years or more to finally execute them for their taking of other lives? Please think about this instead of taking an idealic(sp) approach.
Terri is a breathing, living human being like you and me. She is deserving of a life with her loving family.
That's not true according to some, do you only read and believe what you want? There are reports that say her cerebral cortex was thinning, however, that's not gone, and who are we to murder someone because they cannot talk or walk, they BREATHE, that alone makes them worth saving! Shame on the US today!
CT scans are useful for trauma cases. Terri didn’t have a brain trauma, but oxygen deprivation. The neurologists cited by Johannsen specifically mentioned that in oxygen deprivation cases, one needs to perform an MRI and/or PET to get an understanding of the damage to the brain. A CT, in my understanding doesn’t get it done.
With the slight chance that her cerebral cortex is somewhat present, would it not make sense to do the one test that would establish a more exact conclusion? Since your case that Terri a "living being" should be "killed" on your belief she’s dead from a lack of a cortex (?), why not go the extra mile and check?
The courts worked on the poorly gathered conclusive medical information to which they were given. The courts are not doctors and hope that the medical evidence given them is exact..medicine is not an exact science, however. Cases abound of those patients doctors considered were "dead already" and lived to prove their wrong diagnosis.