Just damn.
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I'm more than open to the argument that Jeb has done everything possible to save Terri.
The fact remains, however, she is being starved to death in the State where he is Governor. Where does the buck stop?
By no means. The Legislature has voted, and the governor agrees that the feeding tube should be restored. This represents the wishes of two of the three branches of the government of the state of Florida, yet "wussy Bush" refuses to override the judge, thus allowing one of three "co-equal" branches of government to rule the other two.
Bush should send in the state police, with himself at the head, and tell the local cops to stand down.
Thank you. This needed to be said...and you said it well.
Thank you -- this was definitely needed!
May God be with Terri and her Family and out of this travesty may the American people finally realize that every life is important including that of the unborn.
Yes, where does the buck stop, especially now that the courts have proven themselves to be lacking?
If I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't, then I damned sure wanna be damned for doing what is morally right.
While Jeb, imo, would not be in dereliction of duty by the letter as today of law -- he would must definitely be in dereliction of higher duty of law. That same kind of higher duty as understood and acted upon by our Founders during the the *by-the-then-letter-illegal* Revolution.
Thank you taking the time to put into words what so many of us are thinking.
Argue the law and constitutionality after safeguarding Terri's life. While the parties argue, Terri slips toward an irreversible end. Move her from her husband's and his lawyer's control. Restore her feeding tube. Then argue all you want.
If you don't really have anything new to say, maybe you should cut back on the vanities.
It would have helped if the Schindlers got attorneys that were not better suited to storefronts in malls.
2 Branches out of three in the State Government decided at one time that she was not being fairly treated.
One branch out of three Overruled them.
That One branch has set itself up as a dictator over Elected Representatives.
That one branch should have it's offices occupied by State Troops until such time as it can be brought back under control.
No, he has NOT done all that he can do.
He's only done all that was politically expediant to do.
Thank you. This definitely needed to be said.
There's no "fallacy" in Keyes's argument.
Any "law" or set of "laws" or court orders, etc., that result in the murder of an innocent woman, are null.
Jeb Bush's obligation to save Terri's life remains in full force, no matter what fictitious "laws" some will claim he is violating.
The alternative to Keyes's argument is dictatorship by judges, exercising unlimited power over life and death. That is the alternative you are promoting, and which Jeb Bush is promoting by pretending to be unable to save Terri.
Just damn.
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I am sick to death of hearing the hysteria of Randall Terry and his followers directed at Jeb.
Those are the arguments of systematic murderers such as those of the Third Reich.
Corrupt judges and courts have been ordering barbaric atrocities throughout history and they must be made to kneel to a higher moral law by the enraged people themselves.
Only barbarians would starve someone like this and no legal justification will ever exist to slowly and painfully starve a human being to death.
Such barbaric action is beyond humanity and deserves the full measure of loathing by moral and righteous people.
These are the rulings of despots and tyrants who think of humans as disposable subjects, beneath the value of animals.
The sickness and depravity of this murder is unveiled by the simple question: If a court has ruled this woman must die, why is she not to be killed swiftly and humanely? Even mass murderers cannot be starved to death. There is not a soul in America who does not know starvation is a death sentence, clearly in the category of "cruel and unusual punishment."
She would die more swiftly being drawn and quartered.
Terri Schiavo cannot find enough humanity left in the legal system of the United States to merit the swift death of a mass murderer.
This is not a law demanding allegiance. It is pure evil.
A rule of law built upon, and justifying, evil acts cannot hold a society together. It will tear a society to pieces.
We richly deserve our destruction and we will see it.
Maybe if he starts "doing" instead of "talking", we will be able to test your hypothesis.
Excellent reasoning; excellent writing! THANK YOU!
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