[Pokey78]

That should be "unecessary excerpting".

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Steyn ping!

[facedown]

Steyn bump.

[Eurotwit]

Powerful article..

Bump.

[Lando Lincoln]

Thanks Poke.....I thought it was q-cerpting. So...thanks for de-q-cerpting!

Lando

[xzins]

Michael Schiavo’s lawyer, George Felos, is a leading light of the so-called ‘right-to-die’ movement, and his book, Litigation as Spiritual Practice, makes interesting reading. On page 240 Mr Felos writes, ‘The Jewish people, long ago in their collective consciousness, agreed to play the role of the lamb whose slaughter was necessary to shock humanity into a new moral consciousness. Their sacrifice saved humanity at the brink of extinction and propelled us into a new age.... If our minds can conceive of an uplifting Holocaust, can it be so difficult to look another way at the slights and injuries and abuses we perceive were inflicted upon us?’

Mr Felos feels it is now Terri Schiavo’s turn to ‘agree’ to play the role of the lamb whose slaughter is necessary to shock humanity into a new moral consciousness. As I read Felos’s words, I heard a radio bulletin announce that the Pope may now require a feeding tube. Fortunately for him, his life is ultimately in the hands of God and not a Florida probate judge.

Is it actually possible that Michael Schiavo's lawyer just said that the murder of millions of Jews was a good thing???!!

Am I MISREADING THIS!??

Steyn has publicized an amazing quote.

[nothingnew]

As ever, thanks again Pokey78.

FMCDH(BITS)

[beaversmom]

from the article:

Until a year or two back, I spent a lot of my summer Saturdays manning the historical society booth at the flea markets on the town common, and I passed many a pleasant quarter-hour or so chit-chatting with elderly ladies leading some now middle-aged simpleton child around. Both parties seemed to enjoy the occasion. The child is no doubt a ‘burden’: he was born because he just was; there was no ‘choice’ about it in those days. Having done away with those kinds of ‘burdens’ at birth, we’re less inclined to tolerate them when they strike in adulthood, as they did in Terri Schiavo’s case.

[beaversmom]

Thanks for the Steyn pings Pokey.

[Rummyfan]

But I can’t see why, in a free society, healthy persons in their twenties should be expected to file legal documents in order to pre-empt a court order mandating their death a decade or two hence.

Thanks Pokey!

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for the ping, Pokey. This was a wonderful article, and it wasn't Mr. Steyn's fault that I kept bawling at the always fresh realization of the horror and heartbreak of this case. The horror and heartbreak are sometimes overwhelming, and Steyn shines a bright light on what would otherwise prefer to remain hidden.

[EmilyGeiger]

Superbly written. Thanks for posting. Mark Steyn has a brilliant mind.

[TheDon]

‘Why are you fundamentalists so clueless? It’s the law, dickbrain.

LOL! Lots of that on FR.

[PGalt]

Thanks for your post. Outstanding Steyn!

[hattend]

If he’d stop his shrill bleating for a couple of minutes, he might notice that the ‘theocrats’ who want Terri Schiavo to live include Jesse Jackson, Ralph Nader and Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, who’s not just a Democrat but a gay one.

Hmmm, Bahney Fwank seems to be on CNN almost daily bashing Bush. Yet, I've never seen him talking about being on Terri's side. Why is that, CNN?

Wow, I've finally found one thing on which I agree with Bahney Fwank. I'm absolutely shocked!

[prairiebreeze]

A brilliant gut-check by Steyn.

[Fintan]

If an al-Qa’eda guy got shot up resisting capture in Afghanistan and required a feeding tube and the guards at Guantanamo yanked it out, you’d never hear the end of it from the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International and all the rest.

 

Steyn nails it...again.

[The Inspector]

Thanks Pokey. Steyn's the best.

[irv]

thank you for necessary unexcerpting