Terri deserves better

Townhall.com ^ | Mar. 30,2005 | Linda Chavez

[PeanutbutterandJellybean]

Think about this...PETA would have you locked up and throw away the key if you withheld food and water from your dog or cat. But it's ok to do it to a defenseless, disabled, HUMAN BEING.

[Longwalled Newbie]

"Soul as in person, ie 25 souls on board. ? ? ?

Won't work, Mike!

At #8 (above), your initial question was "...does Terri have a soul?" [emphasis added]

Zivasmate replied (#12) that "Yes, Terri has a soul...." [emphasis added]

At #13, "...perfect answer.", you said, going on to say that "...they are killing a soul." [emphasis added]

Now, you're saying that the "soul" in your question was meant to signify a "person"?

Hm-m.

Did you mean, then, to ask--initially--"Does Terri have a person?" Not likely, is it? ;-}

Maybe you meant to ask, "Is Terri a person?" ? ? ? If so, I think the answer to such a question might depend on defining legal terms rather than theological ones.

But . . . in any case, Mike, only you can find the answer to your own question(s)--when you figure out what you're asking in the first place, that is! :-}.

[Boy, am I in need of sleep!] Have a nice day, Mike.

[Eagles6]

I just heard an abc spokesbabe say that if the feeding tube was restored, giving Terri water and nourishment may do more harm than good.

I was truly stunned.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Chicken Soup!

[one of His mysterious ways]

When a person's ventillator is removed, do the courts order all of
the air from the person's room to be removed as well? Thus making
sure that there is absolutely no chance of air getting into their
body, assuring that they will die? Or do they allow the air to
remain around the person and let the person live if they begin to
breathe? In Terri's case, why not allow her to try and take in food
or at least water without the feeding tube? Even if she is unable,
it would be a great comfort for her family to be able to try; and the
final result would still be the same.

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[Pan_Yans Wife]

Past the point of no return.

[Bellflower]

I think the answer to such a question might depend on defining legal terms rather than theological ones.

Do you mean like the legal terms were defined in Hitler's Germany or maybe during the days of slavery in this country? Do you really think you can determine person hood by man's law and not God's? God has made each one of us a person. If we are to depend on the whims of man rather than upon unalienable rights derived from the sovereign God of the universe for our laws nobody is safe from the tyranny of others. Our own Declaration of Independence sets forth that our rights are derived from our Creator...........

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--"

[Twinkie]

Mikey didn't even like the idea of Terri having communion. What was he so afraid of? Was he afraid she would maybe . . . SWALLOW it . . and then we all would know she could have been swallowing all along?

[libstripper]

AMEN!

[Eagles6]

The newscasters point seemed to be that giving food and water would harm her in her weakened state. She seemed clueless that Terri was actually dying of starvation and dehydration.

[Longwalled Newbie]

Do you suppose that, under God's law, a soulless corporation such as our friendly neighborhood coal company would be considered as "person"? Legally, such an entity--such an "it"--is a "person" . . . a person with considerably more rights and privileges than you, I, or Terri (God rest her soul!) might ever have!

What does my answer have to do with what you're saying or with what Mike D. asked? About as much as your answer has to do with what I told Mike. How much is that? Nothing!

Have a nice day . . . after you read the two biblical passages I told Mike D. to read. [sigh]

[the invisib1e hand]

In Honor of Terri Schiavo.

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