Posted on 03/21/2005 7:50:03 AM PST by Pendragon_6
Amen.
"Feeding tube" means the same as the "Umbilical cord" for the NOW feminazis and the far left. In their evil minds both can and should be cut. Murder by any other name is still murder.
Interesting point (your reference to all of this being "hearsay"), but, legally speaking, isn't his claim that, "Terri told me she wouldn't want to live like this" also hearsay - especially in light of the fact that the treatment and rahabilitation he has denied her since was the basis of his lawsuit?
Go back to your DUngeon!
So in that vein, I'm going to ask you a very personal question, which by no means do I want you to answer here on the Internet, unless you feel compelled to do so;
Did either of you ever feel like going out and fathering a couple kids with another woman, while still married to your wife? That's what this man did, and I've never seen anyone make marital vows that included that caveat. Regardless of her vegetative state not withstanding, that is NOT true love. I'm sorry, but it's not.
Of course it's an "artificial treatment." Never in human history have we been able to keep people in her condition alive by inserting a tube directly into her stomach.
Michael's actions are not at all suspicious. One simply cannot disregard the first eight years of his strenuously trying to find a cure for her before giving up and accepting her wishes that she not be kept in a vegetitative state.
Sure he moved on and found another and has several young children. Why do some condemn him for that? He must not be denied the right to find some happiness and a family. His wife effectively died fifteen years ago. Only her physical body is still alive.
When my wife was dying from cervical cancer, we discontinued feeding her several days before she passed away and just focused on keeping her comfortable. Were we guilty of trying to starve her to death?
A good husband doesn't absolve himself of his responsibility to his wife to her parents. I didn't abdicate my responsibility towards my wife but followed her wishes until the very end no matter how opposed my in-laws were.
However, the beating of Terri has not been established as fact, near as I can tell.
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That's why Judge Greer has lovingly ordered Mikey to CREMATE Terry
IMMEDIATELY after she dies... with NO AUTOPSY allowed !!!
From what I understand (there is so much conflicting information it is unbelievable) Michael was offered the option of Terry's parents taking over custody of Terry. He could have then just walked away. Why hasn't he done so?
It appears he is bent on killing her. This is morally reprehensible. You know the old saying "just because it is legal doesn't make it right."
No, this is typical of the made-up-from-whole-cloth crap that's been floating around this case.
Sorry, wrong person. I don't have an account there. Do you?
This is precisely why I used the term "artificial treatment" instead of "artificial resuscitation" since never in human history have we possessed the ability to implant a tube directly into a patient's stomach to keep them alive.
People's reactions to tramatic events should NOT be taken as "proof". I tend to laugh at inopportune times, really I can't help it. It drives my wife nuts. The thought that this intrinsic psychological quirk of mine would cause people to think I had done something that I didn't in a COURT OF LAW disgusts me to no end. The fact that Michael moved in with another woman while his wife has been brain dead(I'm not going to debate that part here) since 1990!!!!, means nothing to me. Some people here expect him to lead the life of a priest while his wife is a vegetable for 15 years!!!
In YOUR view.
What IF, Terri had TOLD HIM that she would NEVER want to live in a vegetative state and he was merely FOLLOWING UP on it?
Again, unless you were sitting there listening, you don't know.
"Did I know your niece?
If not, see a shrink, you're a nut job."
You obviously don't think before you open your mouth. That's what my comment was meant to show you. You should think before you make blanket, uninformed judgements.
Like "...see a shrink, you're a nut job."
Indeed it would provide a check and balance. Also, since the 18th century, the level of maturity of many young adults / couples has, sadly, declined so severely, vs 200 years ago, that the parental voice may still be needed in certain cases. Sad but true.
With the resultant nut jobs rising to the fray.
I have heard that the MS's mother worked for the county sheriff.
It's also legally actionable
I have heard this several times....
Also, the spending of the lawsuit money has been approved by the court.
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