A true conservative looks at the facts and makes a determination. A true conservative ignores the gossip and innuendo, the petty name-calling and character assassinations, the conspiracy theories and emotion-based statements.
A true conservative honors the rule of law. A true conservative does not go looking for judicial activists to overturn existing law, but instead works within the system to generate the support of the people.
The posters on this forum who spoke out against Terri's wishes acted like liberals, not conservatives. The factless, incorrect, misleading, and emotion-laden rhetoric on the Terri threads looked more like DU than FR.
An embarrassing and dark moment for this forum, no doubt.
The posters on this forum who spoke out against Terri's wishes acted like liberals, not conservatives. The factless, incorrect, misleading, and emotion-laden rhetoric on the Terri threads looked more like DU than FR.
_____One judge made a ruling about onconfirmable versions of "Terri's
wishes." That's a pretty flimsy basis for your support for euthanasia.
Those posters who support Terri's
demise are libertarians, not conservatives. A real conservative would--in the absence of any solid evidence of Terri's wishes--come down on the side of life--as both Bushes did.
You are right it has been an embarrassing and dark period for this forum.
We have found that those that we worked with and felt had the same values we did - actually did not. We found that there are many here that see nothing wrong with killing a non-dying person.
We found that many WANT the ability to take steps to initiate a death of one they decide does not want to live.
Yes that is embarrassing because they are the ones we are fighting when we spend our efforts to overcome the liberals in this country.
They represent the very things we fear from socialism - the state controls life and all in it, the state takes on the duty of determining who gets the "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness as it is not for ALL people - only those worthy of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Very embarrassing indeed.