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My opinions on this come from watching my father die of liver cancer. He was and Ex-Marine and a Korean war veteran. He raised 5 children, financed and saw us all though college. He was a loving Dad to us all. My mother is a registered nurse and was with him the minute he passed, along with me and one of my sisters. The last month he was alive was a lesson in dignity and humility to us all. But he most of all, his facial looks to me the last few weeks of his life said it all ....

I know. I feel the same way. But Terri isn't terminal. She could live a normal life span, and if she got therapy she might even be restored to normal or at least much better, communicative and self-sustaining function. Believe me, I'm with you on cases like your father's--100%. This case is very different. It does take a little research to assure oneself of that because the other side has done their best to paint a lying picture of Terri's condition.

This is NOT a loving husband trying to do what his wife would have wanted. This is a man who may well have tried to kill her, using the courts to finish the job so he can keep his money and legitimize his adultery.

Here's a short primer of the situation that I wrote on Tuesday. G Gordon Liddy read it on-air on Thursday.

http://www.aim.org/publications/briefings/2003/oct14.html

If you have time do a search on 'schiavo' on FR, sorted by post time and browse the threads, click on the links. When you are properly informed, you may find that writing things like 'the courts know best' may be a tad embarrassing.

The media has succesfully framed this issue in such a way that the majority of people who are aware of it think that a compassionate husband is trying to relieve his beloved wife's suffering while her parents and a gaggle of religious kooks are trying to keep a warm piece of meat alive because their Sunday school teacher said so. This is simply not the case. For my part, I have a religion, but it did not originate in the Mid-East, so dogma does not drive my position here.

I strongly suggest you become informed on an issue before presuming to offer an opinion. If this is how you typically establish stands on things, you might want to consider the possibility that your temperment is more suited to the Left.
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