Schiavo Thread Part the Third

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
just about every family has had a Terri Schiavo situation and they knew what to do

Yeah, but most families don't get right-wing political groups behind them to make it a national issue in order to further their own agendas.

[Alexander's Horse]

I'm surprised the faimly doesn't see how they are being exploited

This is going to be like one of those execution protests - people are going to demonstrate and scream at each other right up until the point when this poor woman passes away and then they'll all just shuffle off into the night.

noone is going to feel good

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Consider

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
-- Ronald Reagan

And now,

MILDENHALL, England - First lady Laura Bush said Tuesday the government was right to have intervened in the case of Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged Florida woman whose case has stirred national debate about life and death issues.

"I just feel like the federal government has to be involved," Mrs. Bush said. "It is a life issue that really does require government to be involved."

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: the Bizarro GOP!

[Ned]

Originally posted by Dissident


, you support that, but not this?

MDB spoiler below

Spoiler:

Yes it is different because she did give consent. But what Eastwood did was murder. It's against the law to help somone committ suicide. And that is what that was. It wasn't euthanasia, it was helping someone commit suicide. And she was just disabled, she wasn't brain damaged, or in a coma. She was no worse off than christopher reeve.

Dis, if a person chooses to die under the circumstances or Reeve, Million Dollar Baby, or a PVS, I would not torture the person to death. I would do it as quickly and as painlessly as possible. What is happening to Terri is clearly torture in many more ways than one.

[Ned]

Originally posted by shawnmmcc
Hello? Anybody listening? It is interesting, with all the various insta-doctors out there - none of the don't pull the plug crowd has addressed m post about oxygen starvation and the brain. 10 minutes. You don't recover. Period. Nada. Never. You're a vegetable, and aren't coming back. Source - The American Academy of Neurosciences. Somehow I doubt they qualify as biased.

shawn, you neglect to mention that hope is around the corner with all the new research into stem cells.

[Ned]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Ned, don't quote Rush Limbaugh at me. He's worse than you are when it comes to making up and distorting the facts. That's as silly as quoting Ann Coulter. I sewar, Ned, I think you do this just to amuse us and yourself.

Che, I cited Limbaugh not to pursuade you in any manner -- only to recite the relevant facts on Elian.

[Ned]

Originally posted by Dissident
Jesse Jackson is on the case!!

I would expect immediate action.

He's for saving Terri's life btw.

First Nader, now Jesse Jackson.

Down with the Religious Right fanatics!

[Ned]

Originally posted by Sava
Terri Schiavo's death will be ironic... she is in her current state because of an eating disorder, and now she is going to die from starvation...

Irony?

Sava, there has been no judgment as to how she got into this state. As with other facts, that matter is also highly disputed.

[Ned]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
what a hippocrite

just about every family has had a Terri Schiavo situation and they knew what to do

Horse, are all those trying to save Terri hypocrits even if one of them is? Is that a reason to ignore the those pleading for mercy?

[Ned]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Yeah, but most families don't get right-wing political groups behind them to make it a national issue in order to further their own agendas.

You know, with the ACLU being so heavily involved with this case, and with certain Dems making a strong political issue of this case, there may be a two-way street on the issue of use of this tragic affair to further political interests.

[Ned]

The 11th Circuit has granted a full circuit review. Hopefully they will also grant a TRO to save Terri pending.

[Ned]

Rufus, Bizzaro GOP? You simply refuse to acknowledge the many liberals who are on the side of mercy as well. It is clear from the many posts here from liberals attacking the pro-Terri people as being "fundies" and the like, regardless of the facts, that the people making a political issue of this are the primarily from the left.

[Tuberski]

Had to break up the Ned postfest.

ACK!

[Dis]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I'm surprised the faimly doesn't see how they are being exploited

This is going to be like one of those execution protests - people are going to demonstrate and scream at each other right up until the point when this poor woman passes away and then they'll all just shuffle off into the night.

noone is going to feel good

I'm going to be real happy when she dies

[Dis]

Originally posted by Ned


Dis, if a person chooses to die under the circumstances or Reeve, Million Dollar Baby, or a PVS, I would not torture the person to death. I would do it as quickly and as painlessly as possible. What is happening to Terri is clearly torture in many more ways than one.

except for the fact she doesn't feel pain.