Posted on 03/31/2005 4:45:33 PM PST by lancer256
I have not considered your angle. Could very well happen. We shall see.
Please, Lord, may it be so!
Help us, Your children MAKE it be so, and we will give ALL the Glory to YOU alone!
The MSM are almost in unison so passionately anti-Terri Schiavo and so blindly pro-Michael Schiavo they think every one else in America is too; hence the "polls" that support their views. They're not going to advertise poll results to the contrary and admit that they are on the wrong side of the issue. They have so mis-represented both sides to Michael's advantage, which explains the huge support for Michael Schiavo.
"I believe Limbaugh is right."
I agree with you. I think and hope he is right.
I was thinking last night that if the courts had not overstepped their bounds back in 1973 on Roe and provided a big ugly issue, (abortion), there probably would never have been the rise of the religious right. Therefore, there would never had been a resurgence of the Republican Party, and the Democrats would probably still have a firm grip on the reins of power in Washington.
I humbly admit that I came to the Terri Schiavo story very late.
I avoided the threads because I bought into the " she's in a hopeless coma " fallacy and I mistakenly thought this was just a family squabble over someone who had no hope.
Until one day, I happened to catch a video on Hannity and Colmes of some woman in a debilitated , but, quasi alert state who definitely appeared to be responding to those around her.
I wondered who this person was and almost fell out of my chair, when I realized that this was Terri Schiavo.
And the more I learned about Terri- not via the sub media MSM, but, via FR , the internet,court transcripts and talk radio-the more disgusted and appalled I became.
I learn new details every day, that reinforce my conviction that Terri was never given a chance.
I hope that we eventually see justice for Terri.
The courts responded: "Trial de NO" !!!
"Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of these, the least of my brethren, you have done it to me."
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This is a terrible thing to say. Maybe these polls were among likely dead voters with the last name Harris in the state of Washington. No offense to Washingtonians meant.
The problem was the laws of the state of Florida, not the judges who followed them. Blame the legislature, and change the law.
Both the law and the judges need to be changed. Both of those duties fall to the legislature. IMO, this specific case is much more a judicial problem, and illuminates a systemic breakdown of balance of powers to boot. The judges play word games while they moon the legislature, and the public. Civil law is ill equipped to make life and death decision. Civil law is designed to handle money and proerty disputes.
I do agree with Franklin and Adams. "A Republic ma'am, if you can keep it," and "a form of government fit only for a moral people." The law alone has never sustained a societry indefinately. There must be something more.
Wish Post 21 was it's own Story
and reposted in full
The judge in this case was elected by the citizens of the county. If the people elect bad judges, there is not much we can do about that.
Ah, it was long past time for Terri to pass from this earth. Yes, her death should be mourned, but we also must recognize that sometimes death is a blessing.
For someone in her condition, I believe it was a blessing...
That is arguable. The full body of the statute can be read as internally inconsistent. THe reading given to justify this euthanasia resembles the reading that SCOFLA did of Florida election law to justify it's outcome in the 2000 election recount fiasco.
Floridians who agree that this should not be allowed to happen need to pressure the legislature to require that a written living will be present.
Have you read the model language in the Florida statutes? What outcome would it cause in this circumstance?
The judge in this case was elected by the citizens of the county. If the people elect bad judges, there is not much we can do about that.
Well, there we go. Guess my questions above are moot now. Can't do anything about bad judges.
Actually, there are remedies for that as well. THe principles of our government are sound, the leaders and people have either forgotton how to manage the system, or they are manipulating it against it's principles.
Still, if you have a married child who becomes disabled under circumstances the least bit mysterious; find a friendly country that will not extradite you and get yourselves out of this country to a secluded care facility that WILL give rehabilitation to that child if you are able to do so. If settlement money comes down, don't assume that water is thicker than blood. Being deeply attached to a place is okay, but not always the best thing for your loved ones.
It's the IWWLLT syndrome. I wouldn't want to live like that.
The people who came out the strongest on Terri's side are those who are disabled. All four major associations for the disabled came out on her side. They didn't get any attention because they didn't fit the template.
Then the media asks "The Question" "Would you want to live like that?" As a question it falls in the category of "have you stopped beating your wife?" There is no way you can give a correct answer. But if you rephrased it. "Could you adapt to living like that and still find some joy in life?" you get quite a different answer. A more honest answer.
Nobody wants to be anything but young, strong, healthy and beautiful. But we adapt. We enjoy life. It is still good and sweet.
The problem in this entire sad situation was that the right questions were never asked.
It's stunning that many consider this an 'annoyance' or 'embarrassment' (read the gory details here: WPPFF Manifesto), rather than a seminal, central issue. America is at the tipping point and will either reverse course and throw off the culture of death, or go down the slippery slope for good.
Proud member of OOWPPFF (Opponent of Wiccans Practicing Politics For Felos)
Hear, here! Excellent point.
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