To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
It was immoral to starve and dehydrate her to death. That is my position. An excellent position, except that she orally stated she did not want to live "hooked up to a machine" (reference to Karen Ann Quinlan).
-Traveler
180 posted on
09/17/2006 2:32:19 PM PDT by
Traveler59
(Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: Traveler59
She wasn't hooked up to a machine, and she was only reported to say that in any case.
To: Traveler59
How much do you really know about this whole situation, Traveler? Terri Schiavo was not "hooked up to a machine". I read a long time back what Terri's reaction was to Karen Ann Quinlan. But why do you follow your above quote with reference to Karen Ann Quinlan?
I've lived long enough to know that every comment someone makes at a young age, and every immediate reaction they may have to what they hear about, most often changes as they get older. We simply do not, cannot, mentally and physically remain in that period of our lives, and progress into adulthood.
Who among us would choose to be held to everything we said and did during this time of growth?
I tend to think one must choose to be blind if he/she will not admit to the plain truth of what went on here. IMO, a legally sanctioned murder took place.
To: Traveler59
I'm asking YOU....would YOU want to burden your loved ones with the task of taking care of your body indefinitely? A casual conversation over 15 years old is now not only equivalent to living will, but is equivalent to begging to be starved to death?
199 posted on
09/18/2006 11:29:34 AM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
(Terri Schiavo would have been treated better if she was a captured member of Al Qaida.)
To: Traveler59
Crap, screwed up that post:
An excellent position, except that she orally stated she did not want to live "hooked up to a machine" (reference to Karen Ann Quinlan). A casual conversation over 15 years old is now not only equivalent to living will, but is equivalent to begging to be starved to death?
200 posted on
09/18/2006 11:31:42 AM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
(Terri Schiavo would have been treated better if she was a captured member of Al Qaida.)
To: Traveler59
Crap, screwed up that post:
An excellent position, except that she orally stated she did not want to live "hooked up to a machine" (reference to Karen Ann Quinlan). A casual conversation over 15 years old is now not only equivalent to living will, but is equivalent to begging to be starved to death?
201 posted on
09/18/2006 11:32:09 AM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
(Terri Schiavo would have been treated better if she was a captured member of Al Qaida.)
To: Traveler59
An excellent position, except that she orally stated she did not want to live "hooked up to a machine" (reference to Karen Ann Quinlan). -Traveler
According to her "husband" and his family.
218 posted on
09/18/2006 3:04:03 PM PDT by
beckysueb
(KOmmies are really nothing but DUmmies with better PR.)
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