But, when is that a "first" for the USA?
We have a lot hypocrisy which spans Demo and GOP administration alike.
For example: We have all kinds of elite units operating along the Syrian/Iraqi border, working with the Iraqi government, to try to keep people from infiltrating into Iraqi terrority--the ultimate in Border Control, backed by our $$$--yet we cannot do a damned thing with 3000 illegals coming across our OWN border a day...and then the President angry at Americans who take action because they are fed up.
And, as you said, we critize North Korean for a policy of starvation, and we rush to Indonesia to fill the stomachs of those poor people, but we cannot find it in ourselves to have our own leaders in the US step in to assist someone being starved to death in the public spotlight.
So many churches in America and a "Red State" victory for Bush, then such a widespread laissez faire attitude about Terri.
Laissez-faire attitude, confusion about what to do about non-terminal handicapped people (love them, if you ask me, and care for them), fear about being in that situation themselves, and an awfully easy acceptance of state sanctioned euthanasia (or whatever you want to call it - pretend mercy-killing) -
A lot of rot in the soul. Or mis-information about right and wrong. Dis-information by those who want this new way.
Compare:
Mother Teresa found a man who was dying, took him home, cleaned him, gave him a clean place to lie, and was there for him as he died.
MS take his handicapped wife out of a nice nursing home, puts her into a home for the dying for years, denies her as much of her comforts as possible, and dehydrates her so she will die, supposedly to put her out of a misery he couldn't prove she was in.
Tell me which is showing compassion and love of neighbor?