HB: By attempting to paint those with whom you disagree as "absolutist pro-lifers," you come dangerously close to falling into the same name-calling crowd as those who called you a "bloodless zombie leftist."
I was not name-calling, merely trying to describe the subset of pro-lifers here (I am a pro-lifer, but not in that subset) who disagree, on an a priori basis, with Judge Greer's decision. What distinguishes those who object is that they have made their pro-life views more absolutely focused on the physical (as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual) aspects of life.
We are dealing here with the opposite end of life from that of the abortion abuse. Here we are dealing with the rights of people who have lost their mental and spiritual capacity of life. Those who take a more 'absolutist' physical view say that the physical life must be preserved even after the mental and spiritual capacity is lost. I disagree.
Thanks for a very cogent distinction between name-calling and a description of "the subset of pro-lifers here."
Beyond the ethical, moral, philosophical and spirtual opinions flying about on other posts, arguments in this thread seem focused sharply on the legal and logical violations of canon law by Judge Greer in the decisions he made on the basis of evidence.
Greer's a priori intention to move his findings and rulings relentlessly in favor of Death in his viewing of all evidence is apparent--and he will be found guilty of those misdemeanors when this case is examined de novo in the upcoming court actions after the demise of Terri Schiavo.