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To: representativerepublic
Mrs. Schiavo is not "severely disabled". She is, in fact, in a coma or permanent vegetative state. The real medical doctors have testified in federal court as such several times. She has been this way for the last 13 years!

As opposed to the "fake" medical drs, including the one nominated for the nobel prize? Did you know that one of the REAL medical drs was nicknamed "Dr. Humane Death" and the other is an advocate of euthanasia, specifically chosen for their right-to-die views?

She does need "artificial life support". It's called a feeding tube. She cannot even be spoon fed because she doesn't have the ability to swallow her food. If spoon fed, the food would enter her lungs and create infection.

How does anyone know this, if she has not been allowed a swallow test? Oh I forgot, those REAL doctors said so. But it is said that she swallows her own saliva, and her parents have asked Judge Greer to simply grant permission to TRY, but he refused. And who cares if food infects her lungs - they're trying to kill her anyway! Maybe a good old fashioned lung infection would be more timely than starvation and dehydration, what do you think?

The eye movement, shouting, etc. has been determined, again by real doctors several times, to be impulsive.

Those REAL doctors sure know their stuff, don't they? The Schindlers must know they have no grounds on which to stand, not really, or they wouldn't keep soliciting those useless FAKE doctors.

Mrs. Schiavo's parents should let their daughter go with dignity and not keep her artificially alive.

Go with dignity, right. I tell you, when I die, I want to go like they intend for Terri - no food or water for days and days. I'll be able to hold my head up high, knowing I'm going with dignity. Well, at least until my skin starts to split and holding my head up becomes too painful...

They will never be able to have any kind of real relationship with their daughter ever again.

Why don't you tell the parents of the severely disabled boy in my church that they might as well give it up because they will never have any REAL (you like that word, don't you) relationship with their son. I mean, after all, he is practically blind, a quadrapalegic, requires a bib and a bag to catch the saliva that is constantly flowing from his mouth, a colostomy bag, he can't even power his own chair! Man, they sure are wasting their time.

IMO, they are hung up on their son-in-law not collecting the life insurance money when she does die.

You mean the 1.7 million malpractice award he got, right?

Yet, he has said time and time again that he would donate ALL of the money to charity if he ever received any insurance settlement.

Oh so THAT'S where all the money went, all that settlement money - earmarked for Terri's treatment after he gave a heartfelt courtroom testimony to that effect, that he wanted to take care of her but just lacked the means - that settlement money that used to be over a million dollars but is now around 100k - he donated it to CHARITY! Silly me, and I was suspicious of him.

Mr. Schiavo simply wants to let his wife die with dignity THE WAY SHE WANTED. That is what he promised her when she was still alive and well. He is only carrying out his promise.

There you go again, suggesting that starvation is dignified. And might you have a link with more information on that promise? It's the first I've heard of it. Sounds like they had an extensive conversation ending with his emotional assurance. And here I thought this whole thing was always based on a hearsay comment that he and his siblings say she made once while watching a movie two decades ago. Of course they can't remember when or what movie it was, but she surely said it, otherwise no one would ever be trying to let Terri "die with DIGNITY."

33 posted on 09/04/2003 2:02:32 PM PDT by agrace
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To: agrace
Good post at #33.

These people mouthing 'death with dignity' slogans remind me of a recent news article about Terri Schiavo, wherein the patently biased reporter characterized Terri's parents as 'insisting on keeping her alive,' while her husband was described as 'willing to let go.'

Such pretty phrases, 'death with dignity' and 'willing to let go' !! Why, you'd think the fourteen day ordeal of dying from dehydration was a gentle slipping away into oblivion! You'd think the 'letting go' would not mean forcing a living, sentient being to die a slow and agonizing death, but would simply be a passive act, noble, even virtuous!

As you point out, nothing could be further from the truth.

51 posted on 09/04/2003 6:28:01 PM PDT by shhrubbery!
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