Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
That is all very well and good if you can accept 2 things.
One, that the state of Medical Arts has not advanced in 10 years.
It has, but the CT scan from years back is still good today (as you'll see by the autopsy). The MRI and PET scans weren't needed because the CT scan showed the massive brain damage. The MRI couldn't have been done anyway, due to the presence of the brain implant. Horrible evil Michael Schiavo took Terri to California to have the implant installed back when he thought there was still hope that therapy would help her. It didn't. And no other medical advance in the last 10 years would have helped her either.
Two, that it's ok for a couple of Judges to thumb their nose at the US Congress.
They didn't.
"No group is totally immune from feeding frenzy, especially when people keep putting oil on the fire....and some people here at FR seem to have been drenched in that oil."
Agreed. Well stated. Thank you.
KMA :~)
I haven't gotten to listen to Laura in a few weeks, and Beck is not on in my area. How did they differ from Hannity and Rush's takes on the issue?
The questions were ethical as opposed to legal questions:
For instance:
Is it ethical for a husband who has another woman to be making judgements for the wife?
(Florida law says it's legal. Ethical is another question.)
Is it ethical to withhold food and water from a PVS patient?
(Florida law says it's legal, if it would have been what the person would have chosen beforehand.)
Is it ethical to terminate life without written directions?
(Florida law says it's legal, if there are ways via witnesses, etc. for the judge to determine the patient's POV before the accident.)
The upset people feel, I am guessing, is a combination that Terri's death was unethical based on their POV (a view which I share); confusion over the scope of the private legislation Congress passed; feelings heightened with stories designed to demonize those in favor of Michael Schiavo's motives and to cast doubts on the legality of the court, the legal roller-coaster of the last few weeks, and a misunderstanding (I hope instead of intentional misconstruing!) of how the checks and balances in our system actually work.
It reminds me, in a sad way, of how my son when he was younger would get into all sorts of weird denials in his head about homework projects due.
What Michael Schiavo sought for Terri was in his legal rights as husband of record. What was done to Terri was perfectly legal in the state of Florida.
Nothing anyone can say will remove that fact. It was legal, was reviewed multiple times.
The law had been on the books for six years, I believe.
It's important to realize what is going on is really a battle between ethical points of views rather than facts. Every time someone uses bad or twisted data in favor of their ethical POV, they weaken the cause for that POV. And that's a shame, because the discussion is important.
But it will be lost in a sea of mud if people don't really look at what they are saying and its truthfulness.
A good analysis.
I like reading what was said before and after not just your answer.....
It like one giving scripture or tell one side to a story it is out of context and remains questionable!
retrokitten wrote:
Rarely in my non-FR life am I speechless, but I have no words for so many of these threads. I can't count the number of times that I start to reply and then hit the back button.
This isn't temporary.
It's been building since 2002. Get on the wrong side of the FReep herd, and
My tolerance for insult has been exceeded. I understand that I am not welcome here. Okey-dokey.
sw
Make that three.
Yeh....... THAT is DIRT!
The Weldon law said "may", not "must", conduct a de novo review.
It left the decision up to the Federal Courts.
The scope of the legislation Congress passed was clear, and explicit, and was ignored, not carried out Whittemores semantics notwithstanding.
That is both a Legal, and ethical question.
Can someone please ping the pinglist to this post? Thanks!
Hi Knitting.
How are you holding up?
Shane! Come back...don't go!!!! :~) This is our thread...sw
You need to start a thread with that POV.....very good.
More dirt on your part. At least you are consistent.
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