Yes, either way it is too bad and is an object lesson in the wisdom of making a living will. The fact that reasonable people can see such very different scenarios here makes it the stuff of tragedy no matter which point of view you believe.
I have to say that I can totally understand the husband not visiting. I fell out of contact with a favorite elderly relative when I was in my twenties because he developed Parkinson's and I had no idea what to say to him. In retrospect I realize that saying anything at all would have been preferable, but yes, the husband's wish to walk away is very understandable. And so, however, is the parents' inability to do so. Let me say that I sincerely hope that I am wrong and that Terry's husband, whatever his failings may or may not be, is in fact reporting the truth when he says she had expressed such a wish. It would be so much better. Dana On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:10:34 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > Now the law, yes, the law may well be that he is her guardian, but > > this is a case where the law is an ass. > > Doesn't that phrase refer to situations where someone is knowingly > violating the spirit of law even though they're not breaking crimes? > If so, that not the case here as the law is clear and he knowledge or > lack thereof is her problem. That's the whole "ignorance of the law > is no excuse" thing. If I had a nickle ... > > > It's very clear that he is at > > a minimum not concerned with her. When was the last time he visited? > > > > Well we'll never know because we don't know them, but he may view > "her" as just an empty vessle now, with the "her" part having taken > flight 15 years ago. > > However I have a feeling that that's a man's view and that yours is > closer to the truth. It's too bad. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148485 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
