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To: Jibaholic

Only if you completely misunderstand or misrepresent everything conservatives were saying.

What we all pointed out was that:

1. the person who had the most to gain from her death was the only person to have heard her utter the "don't want to live" statement.
2. There was no written declaration of her wish, and we all doubted that she'd have wanted to be dehydrated to death.
3. the parents were denied access and answers.
4. the parents offered to care for her themselves - so why not let them ? What did the husband lose by it ? Why didn't he just get a divorce and marry the woman he'd lived with for 10 years ?

Suppose your wife started living with another man when you fell into a PVS. Would you want your estranged wife to be the only spokesman for your death wishes, especially if your estranged wife would profit from your death is a variety of ways ?


9 posted on 06/16/2005 7:10:31 AM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: cinives
1. the person who had the most to gain from her death was the only person to have heard her utter the "don't want to live" statement.

The settlement money had already been spent. This charge was made and rejected in 1998.

2. There was no written declaration of her wish

Terri told her husband that she didn't want to be kept alive. Genesis 2:23:

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. {24} Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

What part of those vows don't you understand?

4. the parents offered to care for her themselves - so why not let them ? What did the husband lose by it ? Why didn't he just get a divorce and marry the woman he'd lived with for 10 years ?

Because Terri's wish was not to be kept alive in a PVS. Michael was honoring her wish. What if your wife said she wouldn't want to be kept alive in a PVS but your wife's family disagreed?

11 posted on 06/16/2005 7:31:52 AM PDT by Jibaholic (The facts of life are conservative - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: cinives

1. the person who had the most to gain from her death was the only person to have heard her utter the "don't want to live" statement.

I don't know what "gain" there was for MS, I understand all settlement monies for Terry's care were long gone. I honestly don't know if my wife discusses her wishes with others. Are we now going to assume that anything we discuss with our spouses must now be discussed with others? How many folks are sufficient to meet this hurdle you are trying to raise, I need to create a list to be sure we are covered.

2. There was no written declaration of her wish, and we all doubted that she'd have wanted to be dehydrated to death.

What method do you supposed she wanted? We are all going to die and in most cases there will be a period of pain and suffering involved. Since you can ESP these things out what method would you choose for Terry? 30 more years away from heaven, out existing her parents, then a death by colon cancer after many surgeries maybe? Since she was under medical care and the government does not permit a painless way to be implemented, unless you are a murderer, what other options were there to satisfy her wishes?

4. the parents offered to care for her themselves - so why not let them ? What did the husband lose by it ? Why didn't he just get a divorce and marry the woman he'd lived with for 10 years ?

This sounds like you agree that if MS did not care about Terry he could have easily done just what you say. The only reason I can imagine he did go through this was to honor her wishes as I would expect my wife to do for me. It sure would have been much easier to just walk away. I only pray that I can show this same strength to meet my wife's wishes if heaven forbid something like this happens in our family.

I suppose if my wife started living with another man, that very same day I would be speaking with my lawyer initiating divorce proceedings and changing all my legal documents.


16 posted on 06/16/2005 7:42:45 AM PDT by joedish
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