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To: BykrBayb
You were in favor of the government inserting itself into the private life of Terri Schiavo, as long as it was a judge ordering her death.

Wrong as usual. People have the right to refuse medical treatment, and to have their advance medical directives followed. In Florida, the law allows for a judge to decide the matter in the event that someone challenges that this was really the patient's wish. The purpose of the hearing was to decide competing claims as to what her wishes were, and to, then, implement her wishes. The court ruled that there was clear and convincing evidence that she did not want to live like this. Had the court ruled otherwise, and found that the evidence was that she wished to live, I would have had no problem with that outcome. In either case, it is not a matter of the court imposing its own wishes, but rather of the court determining what the wishes of the patient really were.

490 posted on 07/07/2005 11:43:54 AM PDT by malakhi
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To: malakhi

I'm not disputing the fact that the court made a ruling contrary to the evidence. As a matter of fact, that's one of the major points I've been making. I will concede that Judge Greer ruled, contrary to the evidence, that Terri Schiavo chose to die. That doesn't change the fact that the evidence indicated she wanted to live. If you're trying to prove that Judge Greer told the truth, you need to supply something other than his lies as evidence. Of course, you won't supply a copy of the court transcript, because that would prove he lied about the evidence in his summary. Oh, what's a wild turkey to do in a situation like this? Better check the AF handbook, and get back to me.


499 posted on 07/07/2005 11:53:49 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri Schindler <strike>Schiavo</strike> - www.terrisfight.org)
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