This included some so-called conservatives of the libertarian type...they really ought to leave the movement...the Schiavo case was a liymus test for true conservatism.
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I'm a registered Libertarian with Republican tendencies. No, I did not want Terry Schiavo dead. However, what I did not want was any governmental institution to get itself involved in this matter. Bad enough the courts were involved, but legislative and executive entities at the state and federal level -- that went over the line in my opinion. Government should never interfere in something this personal. And I fear that government has now become emboldened enough to stick its nose into every other issue as well.
Libertarians want less government and less governmental intrusion in our lives. Republicans claim to want less government, but as has been shown in the Schiavo case and elsewhere, Republicans merely pay lip service to the concept. We are supposed to be responsible adults who can take care of ourselves. By letting government become involved in these and other matters, we abdicate our rights and responsibilities. Before long we will have government telling us what to eat, what to drink, what clothes to wear, where to live -- heck, in some instances, government does that already. If we are not careful, government will take over every aspect of our lives. I for one don't want that.
Bad enough the courts were involved, but legislative and executive entities at the state and federal level -- that went over the line in my opinion. Government should never interfere in something this personal. And I fear that government has now become emboldened enough to stick its nose into every other issue as well.
_____AFter it went into the courts, it became a public matter.
The only way the Schindlers had a chance to save Terri was by appealing to the federal government,...the govt did not "stick its nose in," it was asked to come in.
Libertarians want less government and less governmental intrusion in our lives. Republicans claim to want less government, but as has been shown in the Schiavo case and elsewhere, Republicans merely pay lip service to the concept.
____The public won't buy the libertarian case. Gingrich got his clock cleaned by Clinton over the government shutdown in 1995.
It;s not a question of govt or no govt. interference, but whether or not govt empowers and helps individuals to achieve on their own...or whether it makes them dependent.
I agree wholeheartedly. The courts have to be involved because in our litigious society one set of kooky parents could have frustrated Terri's wishes and her husband's willingness to implement them -- and darn near did.
People who wonder about the 'passion' of those trying to help Terri get her wish, misunderstand our worry the panderers in Congress, once having tasted 'success', might try to upset our wishes as well. Until the Governor of Florida, the President and the Congress got involved, I really didn't care about the case. I figured the dispute between the husband and the parents would get resolved fairly. But when the parents, having lost in every court they tried, then played the political card, that was too much. So, I agree with you -- although I'm a Republican, not a Libertarian.