No... Maridyth has the remote and has me knocked off of FOX.
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On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 09:45 PM, Greg Hopper wrote:
I would certainly hope so.....seen any news tidbits?<image.tiff>
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From: Tim Harder
To: The Sandbox Discussion List
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Sndbox] a possibility in the euthanasia case
I don't consider the feeding tube life support...
It is just the way that this mentally disabled person eats.
A compassionate judge would weigh the big picture when
deciding how to properly repramand the family for end around tactics.
A life is at stake.
Can I assume that most "pro-life" advocates are trying to save her?
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 08:07 PM, Charles wrote:
The governor could issue an executive order requiring that Terri be taught (rehabilitated) to eat by her self *before* removing the feeding tube.� <That would require putting it back in of course>
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The court could order the same (and probably should have).
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The husband likewise could present this as a compromise position to the woman's family.
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The family asked for this in September, but because they did an end run around the court it was denied.� The judge that denied it explicitly said he would have approved it if they had done it in a legal manner, but because they didn't he had to deny it.
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It could still be done.
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Now this would have the effect of proving one side right or wrong.� If she is capable of learning to eat on her own it would prove she is not in a vegetative state.� If she is unable to learn to do this, then it would prove that the feeding tube is life support.
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This would be an option that I could support wholeheartedly.
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The question is, is either side willing to step back and end this in an adult fashion?
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I'm not really in favor of starving her to death.� I *am* in favor of allowing�the next of kin to make decisions (under the applicable laws of the state) concerning life support.
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I'd possibly be in favor of making legislation striking feeding tubes from the definition of life support if it could be crafted in a way that would keep someone from being able to be kept indefinitely against their will in a vegetative state.
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Charles Mims
http://www.the-sandbox.org
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