What is her stance on all of this????? Is this debate a hot issue at your house?
Speaking of Maridyth, how is she? We sure do miss her. Laurie --- Tim Harder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No... Maridyth has the remote and has me knocked off > of FOX. > <G> > > > > On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 09:45 PM, Greg > Hopper wrote: > > > I would certainly hope so.....seen any news > tidbits? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > 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> > > � > > The court could order the same (and probably > should have). > > � > > The husband likewise could present this as a > compromise position to > > the woman's family. > > � > > 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. > > � > > It could still be done. > > � > > 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. > > � > > This would be an option that I could support > wholeheartedly. > > � > > The question is, is either side willing to step > back and end this in > > an adult fashion? > > � > > 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. > > � > > 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. > > � > > Charles Mims > > http://www.the-sandbox.org > > � > > � > > ________________________________ > > > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by > > going to > > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > > > > > > > <image.tiff> > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by > > going to > > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by > > going to > > > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ===== I wanted a perfect ending... Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. --Gilda Radner __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
