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>> Did you read Mark Fuhrman’s book?

Yes. I was not very impressed. Or perhaps I should say, I expected better from him. He was in too much of a hurry, did not even wait for the autopsy, did not do deep research. Perhaps he got bad advice from a publisher to be the first on the market with a book about the case. But that's cheap. You can't expect quality work. Diana Lynne's book is far better, imo.

>> Michael will never confess. Never never never.

I agree, he'd rather eat glass, but things happen. He did sin, and if ever he is moved to make peace with God, he has a confession to make. There are other circumstances that might pry a confession out of him a little less gently. One is for somebody else to cave in and start talking, and have Michael and others involved go down like dominoes. Another is, given his violent and manipulative nature, he commits another crime. After that, who knows what would come out?

These discussions keep the heat on the whole rat pack. Who knows what will break :-)

This article by John-Henry Westen gives a bishop's interpretation of the Catholic position on euthanasia. Helloooo Bp. Lynch and Bp.Aymond, got yer ears on??

LONDON, ON, April 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - London Ontario Bishop Ronald Fabbro has issued a statement clarifying the teaching of the Catholic Church on the provision of artificial nutrition and hydration. The issue has been contentious, even in Catholic hospitals, and was raised to international attention with the starvation death of Terri Schiavo in 2005.

"In an address which he delivered on March 20, 2004, Pope John Paul II referred to a particular medical condition called persistent 'vegetative' state (PVS), or post-coma unresponsiveness," said Bishop Fabbro. "In reference to this condition, the pope stated that artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) 'should be considered, in principle, ordinary and proportionate and as such morally obligatory insofar as and until it is seen to have attained its proper finality.'"

Explained the Bishop, "In the case of a PVS patient, then, nutrition and hydration are required as basic care. A PVS patient is not terminally ill, and denying ANH would be an act of killing the patient by dehydration and starvation."

Canadian Bishop Clarifies Catholic Position on Nutrition and Hydration - Main issue in Schiavo Case

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