From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Terri Schiavo is clinically brain-dead, after a heart attack more than > >ten years ago. > > > > Although there have been some questions raised about whether her condition > was caused by a naturally-occurring MI or whether there might have been > another, not-so-natural, proximate cause of her condition. If there is evidence that a crime was commited, then present it, otherwise that just sounds like defamitory rumors and wild speculation, and should not enter rational discussion. > > >Doctors state she can and will never recover. Her husband > >has said that she did not want to be left on life support. > > > > Except that no one else has reported hearing her express such wishes. See my other post on that point. > >The courts > >agree with him, and have repeatedly ordered that her wishes be carried > >out. Her feeding tube is scheduled to be removed at 2pm (Florida time) > >this coming Wednesday. > > > > Assuming that the ones who say she is completely brain-dead are incorrect, > does anyone want to think how much fun it will be to slowly starve to death > over the next two weeks or so while unable to move or speak? Is anyone who > thinks this is the "merciful" or "right" thing to do willing to be strapped > down and gagged and left to die of hunger or thirst? Assuming that the doctors and their equipment are wrong is not a very reasonable assumtion unless you have reliable information suggesting that the equipment may be faulty or the doctors are incompitant. Assuming you are correct however, a better argument for allowing euthanasia could not possibly be made. To painlessly euthanize someone in such a case would indeed be prefferable to starving them. <snip> > >but I'll leave that up to the readers' comments. I will instead say that > >I understand all too well the grief that drives the Schindlers to this. > >And because I understand, the Schindlers' actions disgust me that much > >more. I could never keep a brain-dead relative alive against his or her > >wishes just to ease my own grief. That would be the height of selfish > >arrogance. It's better to mourn with a clear conscience. > > > >No, that's too reasonable for the Schindlers, or for Randall Terry. > >Instead, they're vilifying Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, claiming he > >abused her and purposefully withheld treatment from her. I guess there's > >no better way to deal with grief than by slandering someone who's also > >busy grieving. > > > > Is Mr. Schaivo's honey by which he has had children while his legal wife is > still lying in the hospital also grieving? > Again, see my previous post on this point. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
