Once again you use the plural "courts" to describe a single Judge.
WRONG.
SIX seperate courts have heard this case.
Each one has determined "clear and convincing" evidence exists to show that Terri Schiavo would not want to continue her current course of treatment. This is not a new case. It has taken many years—and many courts—to reach this point.
They have heard appeals and such stemming from the case. They have ruled on the process Greer used in the case. That doesn't mean that six courts have "heard the case".
Each one has determined "clear and convincing" evidence exis
I am sure that what happened is that they determined that Greer was within his discretion to determine that "clear and convincing" evidence exists.
That doesn't mean that they all, themselves, re-examined the evidence from scratch and found it just as "clear and convincing" as Greer did.
If there are any who did, then they are morons, just like Greer.
The idea that being in a vegetative state of existence involves NO SUFFERING on ANY LEVEL, that a person is just fine with it..is absolutely absurd.
Not if you actually know the definition of "Persistent/Permanent Vegetative State", which, apparently, you don't. Which makes it extremely odd that you spout off about the subject.
A person in "PVS" by definition cannot be suffering. If a person is "suffering", that is proof that they are not "PVS". It is one or the other. If you are looking at a "PVS" patient and imagining that they must be suffering, you should know that this is a sort of superstition on your part. If she were capable of suffering, she would not have been "PVS". (Or do you subscribe to the "suffering of the soul" metaphysical theories of Luis?)
Perhaps, you should learn about this disability-state that you have decided makes people killable? Just a suggestion.
And you degrade yourself with shameful statements like the "pro-killing faction".
It is merely a factual statement. The faction, that you represent, was in favor of killing Terri Schiavo. What the hell should I call it?
People have to make painful decisions all the time when it comes letting a loved one go
Nobody "had to" make this decision to kill Terri Schiavo. Michael could have walked away and let her family take care of her. There was nothing that prevented him from doing it apart from his own sick, cruel ghoulishness.
it's hard enough without your brand of misguided fanatical name-calling and accusations.
It SHOULD BE hard. It should not be easy as pie to kill a family member because you want them to be dead.
Spouses make life and death decisions when it comes to medical treatment for their partners ALL THE TIME.
Of course they do but that is not what we are discussing. We are discussing a decision to starve someone to death intentionally.
It is the law.
Again, if the law really did allow for what happened to Terri Schiavo and no judges made any mistakes, then the law is an ass. Another option is that a judge or judges made mistakes in interpreting the law.
Whatever the case, the judicial execution of Terri Schiavo was a damn travesty and there's no two ways about it.
Actually, J., ONE court made the finding. The others simply reviewed the procedures that ONE court followed.
Looks like nearly all the OPUS-OUT crowd of late are folks that always eschewed "Conservatism's Dark Side"...lol...as they put it.
They are nearly all social libs or moderates....which is their choice.
I think the TS affair which thankfully missed pushed them in a direction they've always wanted to go rather than being an epiphany.