we don't know for a fact that she had an eating disorder; at least I don't. But assuming that she did, it's a very interesting question and a troubling one considering that the appeals court thinks she doesn't need her own lawyer given that there has been all this litigation. I submit that one or the other of the parties in this dispute, and possibly both of them, are representing themselves and not Terri.
Dana On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:14:11 -0500, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two thoughts: > > 1) As I understand the case, the main point of contention from the parents > is that there is a chance that Terri does have some intelligence and could > get better if she was given some therapy. So this leads me to the question: > > If the parents were somehow convinced there is absolutely no possible way > for Terri to have any intelligence at all, now or in the future, would they > still want Terri to live in that condition? > > 2) My wife had a thought that about the eating disorder that Terri > supposedly had which (probably) caused the present condition. My wife made > the comment that an eating disorder is a control issue (care to weigh in, > Larry?), and now the woman has no control at all. So my two theories are: > > a. Terri developed the eating disorder before she was married due to > the control that her parents placed on her, and now that same control is > being exerted to keep her alive, or > > b. Terri developed the disorder while married and now that same > control is being exerted to force her to die. > > What do you think? Are these crazy, conspirational thoughts? > > - Matt Small > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Schiavo > > negative. But it's not my criterion, it's yours. Except that you don't > mind citing a lawyer's medical opinion when it "fits you view of the > case," again your term not mine. > > The people who wrote those journal articles are at least physicians, > no? Definitely highly trained? > > Personally I think that you can approach this case on a number of > levels -- legal, medical, ethical, emotional, and maybe some more that > don't come to mind right now. A lot of the headbutting going on, imho, > is a result of people not defining their frame of reference. Gruss for > example is stuck on law. You *were* doing science; right now I am not > sure. Sam I think is talking ethics. > > Dana > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:30:01 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > > but is he a trained neurologist, Larry? > > > > > > > Are you? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151435 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
