Posted on 03/22/2006 10:38:49 AM PST by KevinNuPac
she was never denied due process. She couldn't think for herself, she couldn't speak for herself, she couldn't appear in court. Her family, her attorney, everyone responsible for Terri had their day in court for her. Terri was represented and she had many, many, many court hearings held on her behalf.
Also, I am up at the nursing home four nights a week helping to feed my grandma who has alzheimers, should I just stop feeding her?
he DID take her out in the sunshine. there are many pictures of Terri in her wheelchair, head lopping to one side, outside, in the sun, and Michael standing there with her. You're only looking at what you want to see. I hope my husband has as much love and respect for me to not allow me to live like this when there is no chance in He*^ that I will recover. Let me go and move on with your life. I wouldn't want to be kept alive like this. Would you?
That is fine, everyone is different. You can be starved to death if you like, however, I don't know why you just don't have your husband shoot you and get it over with, but hey, it is YOUR decision. However, Terri did not have a will, Michael's claims that she would have wanted to die did not come out until YEARS later. It was cruel what they did to her and to her parents. Michael could have moved on with his life and given Terri back to her parents. He was to evil to allow that to happen.
So, "killing" someone by cutting off their air supply is not the same as "killing" someone by removing food? That's like saying "killing" someone by a bullet to the heart is better than killing someone by slicing their arm and letting them bleed to death. They are both "killing" someone - right? Why is it more humane to remove air? Because it's a quick -er death? Why can't we just give the one we love a shot. Hold them in our arms and let them go in peace? No pain. No suffering. We're playing God anyway by removing the respirator or feeding tube? What's the difference?
Your grandmother, God bless her, can function on her own. She may not be mentally there but she does not need life support to keep her alive. Does she have tubes coming our of every angle of her? If removed from the tubes, would she die? In Terri's case, the answer was yes. She could not eat on her own, she could not swallow, and more than 2/3 of her brain was gone. Why can't anyone see that this was the right thing for her? 15 years like this. I love my mom but if anything happened to her like this I wouldn't want her placed in a bed for 15 years "living" like this. This isn't living. This is being kept alive for loving, but selfish reasons.
God spoke here. She's an angel now. It's where she should have been 15 years ago.
Terri didn't know what was happening to her, anyway. That was not meant to sound cold and callous. It was the truth.
Be that as it may, the judges have no right to legislate from the bench. You can't have them legislate for one thing like this and then tell them they can't in another instance. This was an emotional issue but you can't defy the laws based on emotion. You can change the law based on emotion and fact but a judge cannot decide a case on emotion. If the American people don't like the laws, have them change them - properly. Write your congressmen, your senators, your legislators. Tell them what you think. If you feel this strongly about it, lobby for the change. The Consitution worked here, and in that respect, that was a beautiful thing. It's one reason I love this country.
No matter what anyone says, it will never be okay to starve someone to death for weeks. It just never will.
Terri's "brain" was a non-functioning mass of rotting GOO .. .
she was dead for years ...
she was as sentient as a sea sponge
Terri's "brain" was a non-functioning mass of rotting GOO .. .
she was dead for years ... she was as sentient as a sea sponge
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I just read this bilge!!
Terri was a live until they murdered her. She suffered greatly from the time of her so called accident at the hands of her money grubbing husband. May he Rot in Hell along with Judge Greer and the attorney from hell. I still
won't forget how she was starved to death and not allowed even water. It made no sense then and still doesn't when her own parents wanted to care for her and were not allowed to do so. We don't allow our pets to die that way, in fact, we'd be hauled into court for cruelty. Very very sad.
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