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Ive held off responding to the many many FR posts on the Terry Schiavo debacle...until now. Im raising an issue regardng the 'rule of law' that I feel may not have been discussed previously on this forum. Im also offering up some personal comments...you can take them or leave them. I make a disclaimer up front that I am not a lawyer. The law, however, should make common sense to all of us citizens...whether we are lawyers or not. If I have questions or concerns...others may have them as well...so I invite legal experts to weigh in. Of course, I...

I’m not proud of this, but the parallels to Michael Schiavo are undeniable. When I was eight years old my little sister Joan was barely three. She could talk but no one could understand her. I remember teasing the crap out of her just to see her reaction as she went to dad to tell him how badly I was treating her. His reaction? “What’s the matter, honey? I can’t understand you.” She would then come back to me and complain about my treatment of her. And, what did I do? I teased her some more. It was really funny...

In his landmark novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley conveys the vision of a technological nightmare in which man is forced, through conditioning and eugenics, to happily serve as a cog in an utopian socialist machine. Those things which we see as important - family, close friendships, love, individualism, faith - are removed from the individual through brainwashing techniques, so as to create hollow vessels better suited to a life of consumerism and service to the State. Motherhood is abolished in favor of factory production of children, and the elderly and disabled are “taken care of.” The euthanasia practices in...

EMERGENCY TIMES SQUARE DEMONSTRATION TO SAVE TERRI SCHIAVO ON 3/28/05 AT 5:30 P.M. For Immediate Release and Posting on All Lists/Boards CONTACT CHRIS SLATTERY: (914) 224-5773 SlatteryNY@aol.com On Monday, March 28, 2005, at 5:30 P.M., an emergency protest demonstration/prayer vigil will take place in Times Square in New York City (near the military recruiting station). Citizens outraged and traumatized by the in-progress execution of Terri Schindler-Schiavo in a Pinellas Park, Florida, death hospice will gather to protest in the name of conscience against this murder, which is being carried out by the U.S. judicial system with the complicity of many...

PINELLAS PARK, FL -- Bob Schindler, the father of severely brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, said his daugher is "begging for help," and so is her family. Now in her 11th day without food or water after her feeding tube was removed under court order on March 18, Schiavo is "failing," he said, but nevertheless "fighting like hell to live." Although "emaciated," Schiavo is "still communicating," Schindler said, "... And she's responding to me." Schindler spoke to reporters shortly before 1 p.m. outside the Woodside Hospice, where Schiavo is being cared for. Several days ago, a family spokesman reported that Terri's mother,...

Dehydration death seen as peaceful "This is the way many, many people died over all of the millenniums," a doctor from Penn said. By Stacey Burling and Michael Vitez Inquirer Staff Writers Terri Schiavo is dying now as many aged and sick people have for eons. Though some people see letting her die of dehydration as inhumane, doctors say it is a surprisingly gentle process. [snip] "It's a very painless and very compassionate way of dying," he said. [snip] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When did Michael Schiavo first start trying to kill Terri? Mary Mostert March 23, 2005 Because I try to track down facts before I write about a subject, I have not written about Terri Schiavo and the battle over her condition. What actually happened to Terri back in 1990 that caused her to be the topic of world conversation today? Before we decide to permanently dispose of her, shouldn't we first find out how she got into this predicament? Well, she collapsed, we are told by her husband Michael, in 1990 and was taken to the hospital . Some stories...

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Terri Schiavo was able to receive part of communion on Easter Sunday and hospice workers have provided Terri morphine to be able to ease the tremendous pain associated with the dehydration and starvation she's endured for 10 days. Barbara Weller, an attorney for Terri's parents Bob and Mary Schindler, said hospice workers are giving Terri morphine to ease the pain brought on by failure of her internal organs. Weller said Terri cried when she hugged her mother on Saturday night and tried to tell her something, but couldn't. "She knows what's going on,” Weller told...

Mar. 25 (CWNews.com) - The treatment of Terri Schiavo has emerged as a major watershed in the drive toward euthanasia in the US. If I were an enthusiastic proponent of "the right to die," I would not be comfortable with this test case. There are times when it really is not clear when respirator should be disconnected-- times when it is difficult to know whether or not a beloved relative should be allowed to die in peace. This is not one of those cases. Terri Schiavo was not close to death-- until her feeding tube was disconnected. She was not,...

Please join us for prayer and protest at 44th Street in Times Square on Monday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m.Bring a sign and bring a friend.This rally is bigger than Free Republic. I have already received the e-mail from several non-FR people.Thank you.

With a united Republican Legislature amassed behind him, Gov. Jeb Bush pledged Tuesday to make his last two years in office as focused on conservative change as his first six. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush delivers his State of the State address to members of the Florida Legislature on Tuesday in Tallahassee. AP Photo/Phil Coale "This is not a time for timid tweaks to the status quo. This is the time for bold, brave ideas in Florida that will shape our future and define us as dreamers, builders and problem solvers,"... Among Republicans, there appeared to be sentiment that Bush faces...

Dear Friend, As of today -- Easter Sunday -- Terri Schiavo is STILL fighting for her life -- which itself is proof that it is NOT her wish to die, as her estranged "husband" keeps claiming. But time is definitely running out. Terri has been starving to death for nine days now. Except for one drop of communion wine that she was allowed on her thickened tongue today, she has had NO food or water for nine days. As you can imagine, as her brother Bobby described her today, she looks like someone in a Nazi concentration camp. She's suffering...

Florida governor says he doesn't have power from Constitution to intervene Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the man said to be the last hope for Terri Schiavo, says he's powerless to help the brain-injured woman who has been without nourishment for more than nine full days. "I cannot violate a court order," Bush told CNN following Easter church services. "I don't have powers from the United States Constitution or – for that matter from the Florida Constitution – that would allow me to intervene after a decision has been made." To Terri's parents, Bush said, "I can't. I'd love to, but...