Posted on 04/05/2005 2:22:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Sure. The court ended up making the final determination in this case. Would you have felt better about this if Michael Schiavi had had the final say and that no judge had ever been involved?
See you in D.C., my friend.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, "The Fatal Attraction of the Inside Straight"
Anyway, we'll get to see how much support extremism gets at the march on Thursday. Good luck.
I'm neither arguing with the conclusion in the narrow sense, nor was I one of those who suggested that flying squads of thugs should be engaged to wisk Terri out of the nursing home. I do believe that the law needs to take into account the importance of continued breathing in these "civil matters". What you haven't told us here is which way you lean on the subject of continued life for the helpless.
I've seen alot of posters come and go. Your site will remain strong and powerful as long as you remain. May God bless you and your work.
Yeah.
Reminded me of the same thing.
I'm actually pleased these days when I see a ping and it is only about my typing.
Hello again.
I see you like taking potshots, sniping from the stands.
Sure thing skippy, you'll see what support it gets.
I'm thinking I know the guilty parties in calling Jim an extremist.
"as they pull the plug."
Oh, by the way Skippy, she didn't HAVE a 'plug'.
bump!
In this case, however, Michael Schiavo has not been allowed to make a decision to disconnect life-support. The Schindlers have not been allowed to make a decision to maintain life-support. Each party in this case, absent their disagreement, might have been a suitable surrogate decision-maker for Theresa. Because Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers could not agree on the proper decision and the inheritance issue created the appearance of conflict, Michael Schiavo, as the guardian of Theresa, invoked the trial court's jurisdiction to allow the trial court to serve as the surrogate decision-maker.
The probate judge, as a state actor, ordered the removal of her feeding tube.
He also ordered that no water or food pass her lips. I can supply that order if you'd like. By issuing that order it could be argued that the state has become an accessory to euthanasia which is against Florida Law.
Do you want probate judges having these powers?
I guess I'm an extremist too :-)
You got that right!
Mark Twain said it best - "The reports of my death were highly exaggerated." FR is 50X more resilient any of the whiners can understand. And no, it won't won't fold because a few members, with overinflated views of their importance, write OPUS's and depart.
THE BENCH IS WIDE AND DEEP!
It's not something George Washington would do.
Jefferson . . .
Maybe.
You're in good company, Jim. ;-) I was called an extremist just yesterday!
Proud to still be fighting the half-vast left-wing conspiracy.
Depends on what you mean by "helpless."
On one extreme, there is the paraplegic or quadraplegic person whose injuries are solely physical. If I find myself near someone advocating that such people be killed, I'd be liable to pop them one in the nose.
On the other extreme is the person who is completely braindead and cannot continue to even breathe on their own. In that case, pulling the plug is the right thing to do.
TS was very, very close to the second case. Maybe she wasn't completely brain dead in that she retained some autonomic brain functions. However, for all intents and purposes, TS died 15 years ago. What happened this last week was simply her physical shell catching up to that fact.
Well, I know there will be at least 100 of us there. One to visit each Senator. If we get 200 that'd be better yet.
And I'll thank God for each and every patriot that answers the call.
"Depends on what you mean by "helpless." "
Here we go, the meaning of "is" defense.
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