That's something that bears repeating......
Americans do not want the government involved in such end-of-life decisions.
I don't want the government taking my tax money and giving it to the Palestinians but it does that too.
So, do you think the government should just stay out and allow spouses and relatives to murder their inconvenient spouses and relatives without government interference?
Let's have anarchy, let's allow the strong the murder the weak without interference.
THIS is the logical consequence of what you are saying. Are you sure this is really your position?
Americans do not want the government involved in such end-of-life decisions.
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Tough. The prevention of murder is Job #1 for any government.
Twenty five years ago it was 'Americans do not want the government involved in the right to abort.' Now that 40 million Americans have been mass murdered, America is changing its mind.
Sometimes the will of the People is evil, and the job of a just goverment is to turn away that evil will and do what is just, regardless. It's called "leadership."
It was the government of Florida that declared she must starve.
Are you saying, Mary, that if, say, a member of my family starves my mother to death, I should stand by and let it happen? And that I should have absolutely no recourse whatsoever?
Bill Frist is a gibbering coward. White House? Forget it, dude, you're history.
Americans do not want the government involved in such end-of-life decisions.
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That's right!...let families itching to get aunt Millie's money, insurance companies who are looking at the bottom line, and death nuts control those decisions.
The Terri-bots are crazy. My advice is to get out of this one as soon as you can and stop wasting your time.
But it should have been initiated in FAMILY not Probate court. Terri Schindler was not a piece of property to be distributed in a will.
The government, in the form of a court, was already involved. What was wrong with giving the parents a say when the "husband" already had another life?
You can say that again.
If Terri Schiavo's parents and supporters honestly believed that she did not consent to being put to death, should they have been allowed to take her by force, without government interference, from the hospital and the people who were killing her?
Mary, you are probably right in most end-of-life situations BUT this case was an exceptional one where many questions went unanswered. IMHO Justice, Health and Human Services, and many other governmental offices failed this woman in her hour of need.
We probably see things differently on the government's involvement regarding beginning-of-life decisions too? I think that the number of abortions would be significantly reduced if the mother was discarded and the baby was kept.....