So I've decided to just error on the side of "the benefit of the doubt" and then hit em with my best shot if they need it!
Posted on 03/29/2005 1:16:14 PM PST by fullascension
This situation is so lose-lose that things will never be the same. This case will be looked at down the road from vicious realist lawyers and a nightmare will unfold on this nation. Terri is not "braindead." She is not on "life support." She needs to be started treated as a human being, or else things are going to evolve and people are going to criticize what really who decides to live or be taken of life from handicaped conditions.
I won't duplicate what has been said (it is all relevant to how I feel!), but some people are speaking out with misconceptions. People are saying that the Shindlers don't want her to OD on morphine, and would rather her die on lack of thirst. That is just so incorrect. The father was expressing how exhausted he was, and if he had to give up on Terri from lack of legal options, he stated he would rather her be killed by lethal injection. And she barely has had any morphine!
The only thing I wish is to stop her from suffering, whether it be life or death. I wish someone would step in, but if the future holds her death I would rather her die at this very second. She is fighting to live, moaning and crying in discomfort, trying in her limited way to reach out to express that she WANTS TO LIVE.
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Welcome to Free Republic. Do I smell ozone or is that kitty litter? Would ye be a troll?
Thank GOD for newbies coming by, signing up, and immediately posting a silly, rambling vanity. We haven't heard any of these thoughts before so thank you for sharing them with us.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Been a buch stirin' the pot the last few days...hard to tell 'em apart without a scorecard.
Sheesh!
Refreshing, isn't it?
Ture, but at least he\she\it did put this post in chat.
Many vanities by FReepers, who should know better, have recently felt the need to put their unsourced opinion rant(s) in news.
Yeah ~ I've noticed.
Many vanities by FReepers, who should know better, have recently felt the need to put their unsourced opinion rant(s) in news.
I know you're talking about me and I still assert that my neighbor getting a new bike that's blue is not only news, but breaking news. The fact that the mods took it down just shows that even they make mistakes.
If you'll excuse me, a guy just walked a funny looking dog past my house. I'll ping you when my post is up.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
There are many threads ongoing at anytime about the same issue, I always wonder about the motives of anyone putting up a vanity when the post could have been on an existing thread....an hour here reading the rules and seeing the forum in action by reading on a few threads is quite an education in itself.
I need to follow your example and be more tolerant, even though I'm a scorpion and it's just my nature......8^)
I think the only brain dead people on here are the idiot newbies that are posting vanities........................
Welcome to Free Republic!
If you had looked, you would see we are covering poor Terri's story quite fully.
Here are some new user guidelines you might want to consider as you watch the replies pile up:
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This is actually a quite friendly place once you realize some basic rules of thumb:
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Don't expect it to be a debating society, cause it's not.
Don't post and run. This gets more people marked as trolls than anything.
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Be respectful of the fact that many people who post here love guns, God, and the Constitution.
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Best way to get a feel for it is to get involved with discussions on threads and read a lot of what is being posted.
It's really not necessary to lurk for 6 months, rumour to the countrary!
Special vocabulary:
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The trolls are in full effect today...
I'm feeeling uncharacteristically hungry and mean today.
Must be the relatively warm day today after the massive amounts of rain.
Brings out trolls like mushrooms.
You sure know how to find them.
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