sorry about attributing the bad word to you. my apologies.
Actually I do understand that judges have discretion in most cases unless knee-jerk legislation takes it away from them in such cases as 3 strikes you're out and mandatory drug sentencing. Discretion is an important part of the process. I personally feel that after all this time in the courts and so many judges reviewing the case, it's safe to say that charging them with conflict of interest or dishonesty is rather bizarre. These aren't satan-worshipping monsters. They are people trying to do their job.
I'd allow room for questioning any individual I guess on anything, but I'd have to see some PROOF first. So far I haven't seen any.
As to the baby "Sun" case, thanatophoric dysplasia has had a better rate of survival into childhood than those in a persistant vegetative state have of recovering their conciousness after so many years.
I'm only saying that...Look, I watched Rev. William Thornton here in Chicago lose limbg after limb and finally his life over diabetes. The only thing that kept this wonderful father of SIX from still gracing our world was the cost of healthcare and the lack of funding for those without insurance. I submit that the lives to be saved are GREATER than our ability to save them. It is terrible but true.
Had we jumped on the bandwagon of Rev. Thornton, I would be fully in synch with you. he had CHILDREN who needed him, his carewas a FRACTION of the cost of Terri's care, and his dilemma is played out every day without a camera being trained on any of them. Does that mean I wish Terri her fate? No.
I am not you or your point of view. I just see a greater question, a more troubling question than simply Terry and against the evil, rioting corrupt judges.
Thanatophoric dysplasia by definition is a lethal, terminal condition.
What Terri had was NOT. Period.
That's the difference.
You keep going back to money. Why?
Terri's parents, with the help of donations had money to care for her. That ends that debate.
You already said that you don't think starving/dehydrating her was right. Then why are you continuing to support that decision and order? It was Wrong. It was barbaric. It was Not euthanasia. It was Not a tragedy.
It Was an Atrocity.