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**Spiffor** · October 22, 2003, 15:36

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
For one who really believes in sticking by one's wife

If you believe in this, good for you. Why should Mr. Schiavo?

It would be a way to share the limited time that they have together.

I don't know. I'm not sure I'd feel any togetherness in standing next to a completely inexpressive living body. Now, if you find a way for me to satisfy, with said body, my emotional, social and sexual needs that would push me to marriage, go ahead

**Brundlefly** · October 22, 2003, 15:40

I dont know why the husband cant just divorce her and allow parents to become her legal guardians......

I think that he wants to pull the plug because the courts have frozen $50k of malpractice suit money he is entitled to until she dies.

I'm sure he wants that money and is entitled to it, however, if the parents feel that strongly about keeping her alive, he should respect their wishes and try to transfer guardianship to the parents.

If there is no way to transfer guardianship to her parents, then, given her present medical condition, her husband should be allowed to pull the plug without government interference .

This is a right-to-die issue and a private matter and the govt should stay out of it. Clearly this is politically motivated action taked by a GOP governor. If elections weren't so close, he would not have done anything.

**mrmitchell** · October 22, 2003, 16:55

After 13 years?

Remember the guy in North Arkansas who came out of a coma after being in it since 1984? There's probably a few articles about it that can be found. I think shortly after he woke up, he asked if President Reagan was okay (perhaps he'd gone into it right after he got the attempt.)

**Kropotkin** · October 22, 2003, 17:03

I really doubt that that guy had suffered massive brain damage as this women has.

**Guynemer** · October 22, 2003, 17:45

This isn't a coma. This is massive, IRREVERSIBLE brain damage. There is no coming back from this, period. She is what she is, and what she will always be.

Why do people assume the worst about the husband? Why not believe that he truly wants what this woman, whom he loved, would have wanted?

**SpencerH** · October 22, 2003, 18:03

It would be a different matter if she had left clear legal evidence of her wishes (do die under these circumstances), but she didnt. It's doesnt take a whole lot of greymatter to understand the serious consequences of allowing one person (family or not) to decide whether another person lives or dies. Without substantial corroboration of the wifes wishes it would be irresponsible of the government and courts to allow the husband to do whatever he wants.

**Guynemer** · October 22, 2003, 18:25

He is next of kin. It is his legal right to withhold treatment.

**The Mad Monk** · October 22, 2003, 18:44

Not anymore, it isn't.

**Ben Kenobi** · October 22, 2003, 18:46

This is a right-to-die issue

How can one exercise the right to die more than once? All other rights have ongoing benefits, be they life, liberty, property or security of the person.

**chequita guevara** · October 22, 2003, 18:49

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Not anymore, it isn't.

Yes it is. The Supreme Court ruled on this long ago. What the Florida legislature and Jeb Bush have done is clearly unconstitutional. But it makes them look good to other brain stems, which are their natural constitutancy. Never mind that it's wasting money and resources to care for a bunch of mindless body tissue. But at least conservatives can feel better now that they've interefered with another person's life.

**chequita guevara** · October 22, 2003, 18:53

Originally posted by Q Cubed

What has Jeb Bush got to do with this. Oh I know he is an opportunistic politician playing to his religious right constituency.

and name one politician who isn't an opportunistic fckwit bastard who panders to his/her constituency.

Florida Senate President Jim King, Republican. He may be a conservative, but he's got mountains of integrity. He's stood up to the governor an the rest of his party twice now this summer.

**Spiffor** · October 22, 2003, 18:55

Hi Che ! How was the wedding ?

**chequita guevara** · October 22, 2003, 18:57

Sappy. We'll have pics for y'all this weekend, so you'll finally get to see what the great chegitz looks like.

**Spiffor** · October 22, 2003, 19:03

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Sappy. We'll have pics for y'all this weekend, so you'll finally get to see what the great chegitz looks like.

Cool

I've only seen an old pic of you ever since I'm here (where you had long hair). I expect a big surprise when I'll see this balding fat married comrade on the pics

**chequita guevara** · October 22, 2003, 19:07

My hair now reaches my butt, though I am fat.

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