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Let Schiavo fade away, as so many others do
Saint Petersburg Times online ^ | 9/25/2003 | MARY JO MELONE

Posted on 09/25/2003 7:13:01 AM PDT by syriacus

[snip] It was maybe a rhetorical question but it stumped me. Would I treat my dog the way her husband is prepared to treat Terri Schiavo, letting her die by denying her food and water?

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There is nothing unusual about denying medical treatment to the TERMINALLY ILL who don't want their lives prolonged. Withholding food and water is one way to accommodate them.

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TOPICS: US: Florida; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; euthanasia; felos; melone; nicmarlo; schiavo; schindler; terri
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21 posted on 09/25/2003 10:49:33 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: syriacus
Terri Schiavo is NOT terminally ill.

Give 'em time. She will be.

22 posted on 09/25/2003 12:27:47 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: Polycarp
Thank you for the link. You are quite a writer.
May God prevail.
23 posted on 09/26/2003 3:40:57 AM PDT by MarMema ( . . it took only a generation of Dutch doctors to transform a war crime into an act of compassion)
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