She made five (5) similar remarks to three people on five different occasions. All three testified under oath, in a court of law, under penalty of perjury, and subject to cross examination, to that effect.
___Basically unconfirmable testimony. The judge simply decided to accept those views. He could have easily ruled another way.
I regard this as a test case for
true conservative values. Anyone who supports the Michael Schiavo position is a not a conservative, in my opinion, because when there is doubt, such a decision should be resolved in favor of life.
Me too, I just cannot see conservatism in wanting the state to kill non-dying citizens.
And, usually conservatives look at precedents being set.
I would never have thought we would be arguing that a man with two wives still had the right of life and death decisions over the first one.
I would never have thought there would be such anger over the stance of many to allow parents to take on a daughter scheduled for death and care for her rather than kill her.
All the while claiming that they did not want the tubes pulled.
The ability to reject inconvenient facts explains a lot about the OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson juries.
A true conservative looks at the facts and makes a determination. A true conservative ignores the gossip and innuendo, the petty name-calling and character assassinations, the conspiracy theories and emotion-based statements.
A true conservative honors the rule of law. A true conservative does not go looking for judicial activists to overturn existing law, but instead works within the system to generate the support of the people.
The posters on this forum who spoke out against Terri's wishes acted like liberals, not conservatives. The factless, incorrect, misleading, and emotion-laden rhetoric on the Terri threads looked more like DU than FR.
An embarrassing and dark moment for this forum, no doubt.