Posted on 03/30/2005 8:45:00 AM PST by stan_sipple
the (relatively silent) majority of Americans feel(s) that the most compassionate treatment for Terri Schiavo - as well as the proper legal course of action - is to let her vegetative existence end, as advocated by her legal guardian, her husband.
For Republicans who consider their party a captive of the religious right on matters like medical research and right-to-die legislation and now legislative intrusion into the judicial system, there is a way to at least feel more comfortable with their political consciences.
That way is to leave a party whose leadership is currently attempting to leave behind in the dust of American constitutional history the principle of separation of powers that has served this country well for more than 200 years.
the religious conservatives deeply involved in the case believe in an afterlife - eternal life in circumstances considerably more appealing than lying in a hospital bed in a vegetative state for 15 years, being kept alive by food and liquids fed into your body through a hole in your abdomen.
Wouldn't the more compassionate course be to release Terri from a vegetative existence in the belief you are sending her on to a better life after death?
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Maybe that's the point. They prefer to be the minority again. That way all they have to worry about is bitching about the Democrats.
Hmmm. If someone is in prison, then goes on a fast (to protest something perhaps) and he dies of starvation even though food and water were provided, is that murder? I suspect the ACLU would jump on it, yet it's no different than Schivo's case in that legally you have a person (the guardian on behalf of T.S.) making a consious choice to die.
Wow.......spoken like a true Christian-hating liberal......I'm so impressed (gag).
I can see it here in FR. The religious right is treated at times like the minorities are in the DNC. Just vote straight ticket, and "we know what is best."
What a load of BS do they shove prayers down the throats of others or force feed you morals you may not want to follow.?
Lmao some people beleive that any mention of religion in public or in an open area is just to much must be rough to beleive in God and not want to be bothered with it !!
1. Is Mark Levin, who supports Terri's right to life, a member of the "religious right"?
2. Is Ralph Nader, who supports Terri's right to life, a member of the "religious right"?
3. Is Jesse Jackson, who supports Terri's right to life, a member of the "religious right"?
4. Is David Boies, who supports Terri's right to life, a member of the "religious right"?
5. Is Joe Lieberman, who supports Terri's right to life, a member of the "religious right"?
6. Is Tom Harkin, who supports Terri's right to life, a member of the "religious right"?
Answer key (for those who are so bigoted and intolerant that they refuse to answer) : 1. No 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No.
It would still come down to backing politicians (if they wanted to win) that were not perfectly in sync with the platform of the party. Really not any different than what you have now.
"Man's law has defined food and water as medical treatment, natural law does not"
Man's law? where in "man's law" does it state that?
Ok so if you withdrawl food and water from your kids when they cant fend for themselves, you should be able to get away with starving them because you can claim you didnt want to provide medical treatment? I think not! Youd be locked up buddy-boy.
There is no way that besic needs of life are considered medical treatment ie "luxury".
There's an idea, why don't I just throw myself under a bus so I can be with my Lord more quickly? *Sheesh*
"Hmmm. If someone is in prison, then goes on a fast (to protest something perhaps) and he dies of starvation even though food and water were provided, is that murder? "
Since when is Terri fasting...?
You arent seeing the point, your example is completely different. If a guardian knowingly withdrawls food from their kids that cant fend for themselves and they starve then its murder.
People are allowed to fast (hold food from themselves) but you cannot knowlingly withold the basic needs of life (food and water, not medical treatment) from a person under your care that cant fend for themselves.
Yes. What does it matter if we go to Hell (figuratively speaking) tomorrow or next year.
While not agreeing or disagreeing on whether 'due process' was followed, I think your statement here is irrelevant. We should not be measuring 'due process' in terms of man-hours or dollars spent on a case. It may take only a few days, or a few years, or it may take more. Likewise, due process is not necessarily met merely by reaching some pre-determined monetary limit.
After a quick online search for the legal definition of 'disable' I came up with the following link:
http://www.mediate.com/articles/blankK1.cfm
The key sentence is "There, in the worlds foremost law dictionary, a disabled person is defined as one who by virtue of his or her impairment is disabled from acting on his or her behalf."
I'm sure there's a better definition someplace. I'll check my Black's Law Dictionary when I get home.
Then they'll be choosing to be a minority party again.
But domination by any non-religion ideology is apparently just find by you.
Of course. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. All terribly inconvenient. :)
Legally Michael Schiavo is Terri's guardian. It appears that essentially his decisions as being treated as though they are Terri's decisions. In this case, it would be like fasting. Even given this scenario, would a prisoner who chose to fast (given Terri is assumed to have 'chosen' to do this based on Michael Shiavo's word) be allowed to starve to death? If not, then it would be even less so in Terri Schiavo's case.
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