DEHUMANIZING THE DISABLED JUSTICE IN AMERICA

Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation ^ | Jan 24, 2004 | Robert Schindler, Sr

[Mr. Silverback]

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[Chocolate Rose]

Bump for an excellent editorial by Robert Schindler, Sr.

[international american]

"Even, I'm sad to say, the otherwise brilliant film "Before Night Falls" had to tack on a vile, pro-assisted suicide conclusion"

Many a good film has been ruined by this tactic....even if they had to FORCE it into the dialogue.

[sinanju]

Well .. the most applauded movie propagates the RIGHT TO DIE theory - and the libs are gaga over it.

Two movies, to be precise: Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" where Hilary Swank gets injured in her big bout, turned into a quadraplegic and begs her trainer to finish her off AND the spanish movie "The Sea Inside."

[sinanju]

The Dutch have a soulless culture with their euthanasia policies. I debate a Dutch citizen now and again on these issues. At times I'm at a loss to fathom he's from the same human race.

(Chuckle!) How much do you want to bet that the final option is very rarely executed on Dutch muslims. I'll bet every Dutch muslim immigrant who checks into a hospital says to the receiving physician: "Good morning doctor, if anything suspicious happens to me my family will hunt you down like a dog."

Say! I see a business opportunity here! Perhaps in Holland people could pay "insurance" to a protection racket that keeps a database of all Dutch doctors, their addresses, license plates, phone numbers, etc. and promises to kill any doctor that slips the needle to any of their "clients."

Let's hear it for capitalism.

[NYer]

‘When Is That Bitch Gonna Die?’
In a stunning sworn affidavit, Carla Sauer Iyer, a registered nurse who was employed at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center in Largo, Fla., from April 1995 to July 1996, while Terri Schiavo was a patient there, testified: "Throughout my time at Palm Gardens, Michael Schiavo was focused on Terri's death. Michael would say 'When is she going to die?' 'Has she died yet?' and 'When is that bitch gonna die?'"

Legalized Murder: Terri Schiavo and Death by Starvation

I am just sickened by this whole affair! Dog owners have been cast into the pokey for denying their pets food and water, yet Michael Schiavo goes free! Where is the justice?

RIGHT TO LIFE
2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person -- among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
Catechism Catholic Church

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[Do not dub me shapka broham]

The disturbing part though-from my perspective-is that the film was based upon the true, inspiring tale of Reinaldo Arenas, a brave poet/dissident, who had escaped from Castro's "Sugar Cane Curtain."

That pro-euthanasia scene not only marred the aesthetics of the film, but cast a pall over the intrinsic message of his story, which was the ultimate triumph-albeit, one tempered by the harsh reality of human fallibility-of will over adversity and oppression.

[international american]

You would make an outstanding film critic. That is, if you could find a conservative paper or magazine to hire you.

Very well stated!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Thanks for the compliment!

I appreciate it.

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[Northern Yankee]

‘When Is That Bitch Gonna Die?’

Isn't he charming.

It is beyond me how Michael Shiavo is given any credence at all at this point by the courts.

Goodness, these justices who are doing nothing have become a dis-credit to their country. You can take Ginsberg, Kennedy, Breyer and throw them into the river. They are worthless PC puppets who have not a brain to think with any more.

[Northern Yankee]

I may want to study this case a bit more. There's more here than meets the eye.

God speed...

[Victoria Delsoul]

When Is That Bitch Gonna Die?

Yep, after a bit of research and thanks to the generosity of our friend Google, I found that affadivit about 2 years ago. The man is a piece of work.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

It's amazing that she would even marry someone of his dubious character, in the first place, isn't it?

[amdgmary]

The link to the affidavit by nurse Carla Iyler http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/CIyerAffidavit090203.htm

Michael repeatedly demanded, "When is that bitch gonna die?"

[international american]

You were worthy of it.

[TOUGH STOUGH]

Hitler began with the mentally ill and went on from there. My heart breaks for Bob Schindler and the Schindler family.

[amdgmary]

BISHOPS IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS U.S. URGED TO INTERVENE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF SCHIAVO

By Michael H. Brown

http://www.spiritdaily.com/schiavoplea.htm

This is a plea to the American bishops: SAVE TERRI SCHIAVO. I don't mean to sound so shrill -- but it is now an emergency situation.

Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the legal battle between her husband, who wants to take away her life support, and her parents, the Schindlers, who are valiantly fighting to save their daughter -- and so desperate they are pleading for her "husband" to simply divorce her and hand her over to their care.

Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago when she collapsed in her home after a chemical imbalance -- reportedly brought on by an "eating disorder" -- caused her heart to stop. That's an entirely other issue. Her husband, Michael, who is engaged to another woman (with whom he has two children), initially attempted experimental procedures in hopes of rehabilitating his wife, but later had a falling out with her family. Now, he wants to put her out of her "misery" -- and has been fighting hard to do just that, in a way that seems nothing less than bizarre.

Terri Schiavo can breathe on her own but depends on a feeding tube to stay alive because she cannot swallow. She is disabled. She is not even comatose. It's excruciating to even think that anyone wants to end her life. She is a woman who can communicate through motions and facial expressions and gestures, who reacts to music, to balloons in her room, to the entrance of her beloved and incredibly devoted parents; she is a severely disabled woman but one who virtually responds to a question about her cold. Click here to see videos of her. You can watch her reactions!

And we're going to watch her die? We're going to let an increasingly cold society pull the plug on her -- this conscious woman? We're going to let them kill a Catholic woman with devout parents, parents who have tried so hard to save her by keeping medals on her, who have sought to give her Communion (denied by her husband), who have sought the intercession of St. Padre Pio, of Mother Teresa?

No, we can't, dear bishops; we can't let this get past us; on this we have to take a stand. And it can't just be a gesture with bureaucratic language. Her parents have three legal avenues still open to them: an appeal to a state appeals court in a request for a new trial based on recent comments by Pope John Paul II; a request that Michael Schiavo be removed as his wife's guardian; and a motion to set aside the original decision that Terri Schiavo did not want to be kept alive artificially. If her husband wins -- and what the U.S. Supreme Court declined was an appeal that would have stopped him -- then this 41-year-old woman will not only die, but will die aware of it and painfully.

I thought of the bishops when I was asked Tuesday by a radio host what Catholics could do to make this matter considered with the urgency it deserves. There really is only one Catholic voice that will get through the media at this point, and that is the voice of our bishops.

The bishops of Florida should immediately convene for a tremendously unusual joint statement and there is also the need for a similarly strong, even strident, statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Pope himself issued a proclamation in March 2004 stating that the removal of food and hydration from a patient in Terri’s condition was against the teachings of the Catholic Church.

We have to take a stand on this. We have to support the Pope. A life is in the balance.

Again: this cognizant woman we are going to watch die? Let us all join in prayer.

It would be a horrid day in the history of America. And that's why we ask the bishops to intercede. They can make a ruckus about this. With all due respect, they must make a ruckus about this. If there is a pro-life matter at the moment, this is it. As Terri goes, so will go many others. We must speak out on this -- and it is only through the bishops, realistically, that we can. There has to be an immediate Christian groundswell.

A simple plea: SAVE TERRI SCHIAVO. Give it all we Catholics can. Save this young woman -- or declare that this place we call America has turned into an alien land.

[Chocolate Rose]

Bump for Terri's life-

http://www.terrisfight.org/downloads/bobeditorial.html