Posted on 03/30/2005 9:07:57 PM PST by syriacus
I see you didn't bother to quote me at the beginning of your post, as most repliers do. You've left it up to me to show people what I really wrote. So I will make my words clear...
My exact words were
Note the quotes that indicate I am attributing the sentiments to Greer and Michael
If you cannot cite, your side's not right.
If you two want to be taken seriously when you discuss Terri, you could at least make an effort to spell her name correctly.
Actually, I've found a lot of Dickensian moments in this. Remember the endless lawsuit in Bleak House conducted by the law firm of Jarndyce & Jarndyce, which basically did nothing but eat up the fortune (this was also a probate matter!). There was a feeling in many 19th century novels, in fact, that falling into the hands of the law and the judiciary was practically a fate worse than death, if only because it went on a lot longer than merely dying.
Dickens may have been a "flaming liberal" of his time, but I fail to see how that negates his value. Victorian capitalism was quite savage and very close to economic libertarianism; Dickens was not a Socialist, but someone who felt that society should be a little kinder to the weak. But contemporary liberals feel that society should not be "burdened" by the weak (elderly, handicapped, unborn, etc.) and in many ways share a lot of opinions with libertarians and Ayn Rand types.
This is inevitable since taking the free market out of the equation guarantees that the costs will always rise exponentially. The politicans have three choices: (1) end health care, wherein the opposition party simply starts it up again when they're elected in overwhelming numbers by angry wel-faeries making 1994 look tame, (2) raise taxes that actually decreases revenue by crippling the economy, (3) kill off the hopeless cases and incremently lower the bar for "hopeless". There is only one logical choice from the politicans' view.
Excellent article.
You've pointed out some very specific parallels and your whole post was very informative.
Thank you.
Thanks, hellinahandcart. :-)
Yes.
Even liberals talk about slippery slopes, when it suits their purposes.
Good post
and GOOD to "see" you.
Lets move on people.
Only two posts since in the last 6 hours, yours included. I think everyone has moved on.
Anyone notice how Felos keeps flicking his tongue in his open mouth, right before he lies?
It reminded me immediately of the picture you posted.
Your "colorized version" of this debate is yet another fiction.
Don't cherry pick my posts. That's one heck of a nasty habit you have there...cherry picking anyone and everyone's written word and trying to make it all fit your agenda.
You cherry pick; ergo you've lost before you've begin.
When someone uses that as refutation,they've already lost the debate.
Unlike Terri, his adopted parents are now too old to take care of him and don't have the resources to do so even if they were able. Unlike Terri, there were no good family memories of better days playing with siblings when he was younger. He has never spoken the English language, never learned to read, never contributed anything directly to the economy. Unlike Terri and some other PVS victims, there is nothing for him to awaken from and come back to.
Is he next for feed-tube removal?
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