[TexasTaysor]

The Pope is now on a feed tube and unable to speak or swallow foods......so by their standards, he should be starved to death too. According to their standards, he is now "sub-human"

[afraidfortherepublic]

And Joan Kennedy was found this morning lying on a street in Boston unconscious with a broken shoulder. She's a ward of her children. Do you suppose they'll have her care yanked?

[pbear8]

But it's euphoric!

[Not A Snowbird]

The Pope is now on a feed tube and unable to speak or swallow foods......so by their standards, he should be starved to death too. According to their standards, he is now "sub-human"

Interesting, isn't it?

[Modernman]

The Pope is now on a feed tube and unable to speak or swallow foods......so by their standards, he should be starved to death too.

Nonsense. My understanding is that the Pope, though physically infirm, is still aware mentally. If the Pope were to slip into a PVS it would be up to his guardian to decide whether or not his feeding tube should be removed (barring the existence of a living will).

According to their standards, he is now "sub-human"

Strawman argument. Nobody has called Terri Schiavo "sub-human."

[Dave S]

The Pope is now on a feed tube and unable to speak or swallow foods......so by their standards, he should be starved to death too. According to their standards, he is now "sub-human"

You are being silly. The Pope is conscious. Terri isnt.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

The Pope is now on a feed tube and unable to speak or swallow foods......so by their standards, he should be starved to death too. According to their standards, he is now "sub-human"

Quite possibly the dumbest comparison I've seen all day. Next, of course, to the multiple FReepers comparing Terri to Jesus. Maybe when the pope has suffered severe brain damage, (which he hasn't) is unable to communicate, (which he can) has been racked out in a hospital bed for 15 YEARS (instead of 15 hours) you can make a similar comparison. Also, no one has claimed that Terri is "sub-human." Terri's husband argued successfully that she would not want to live this way....not that she is "sub-human."

[justshutupandtakeit]

Can't help distorting? The Pope is conscious and moving around though I'll guess you'll be claiming TS can sing and dance.

[AlbionGirl]

In all matters political, Italy is a mess, but one thing about Italians, they understand who really represents next of kin. I know that His Holiness isn't Italian, but he might as well be, and he's lucky that Italians view the Ecclesiastical family, the same way they view Dad, Mom, siblings, lest some unscrupulous clergy take the Pope's case to an Italian probabte Judge, and you know, the rest would be, how you say, history.