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'Judicial murder' and Terri Schiavo [by Nat Hentoff]
The Washington Times ^
| July 11, 2005
| Nat Hentoff
Posted on 07/11/2005 12:27:13 PM PDT by aculeus
While editorials across the nation agreed in chorus that at last, Terri Schiavo will rest in peace, the autopsy report declined such certainty:"It is the policy of this office that no case is ever closed and that all determinations are to be reconsidered upon receipt of credible, new information." Even if no new information surfaces, how Terri Schiavo was put to death is causing many Americans to confront their own death.
Pat Anderson, for a long time the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents, said the day Terri died of dehydration as ordered by the courts and her husband: "Euthanasia in America now has a name and a face." Dr. Jon Thogmartin's autopsy report made clear that Terri Schiavo was not dying, let alone terminal. As Dr. Carl D'Angio wrote in a June 21 letter in the New York Times: "Her family loved what was left of her and asked only to be permitted to care for her at their own expense. My question is, who or what was better served by her passive execution by water deprivation than by the first alternative?"
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: euthanasia; nathentoff; schiavo; schindler; terri; terrischiavo; terrischindler; wifekiller
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posted on
07/11/2005 12:27:15 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Hentoff is a liberal's liberal. But he full well understands right-to-life issues.
It's good to have him on our side.
2
posted on
07/11/2005 12:38:19 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: aculeus
Oh BOO HOO!
We have over a MILLION abortions a year and we are upset over an ADULT???
Give me a break!
3
posted on
07/11/2005 12:40:04 PM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
To: okie01
Hentoff is a liberal's liberal.He's too real for that -- more like a person's person. Nah, he transcends labels. I have no idea ... he's Hentoff, and that's good enough.
4
posted on
07/11/2005 12:43:06 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: aculeus
5
posted on
07/11/2005 12:44:21 PM PDT
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< OurFlorida.true.ws Impeach Judge Greer)
To: Nightshift; floriduh voter; 8mmMauser; amdgmary; cyn; Future Useless Eater
6
posted on
07/11/2005 12:45:17 PM PDT
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< OurFlorida.true.ws Impeach Judge Greer)
To: GOPJ
Hentoff is one of the few commentators around who thinks things through for himself and doesn't let himself be swayed if some of his allies come out with something different. Knows his jazz too.
7
posted on
07/11/2005 12:46:22 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(The People Have Spoken)
To: Elsie
How many starved adults will it take to upset you?
8
posted on
07/11/2005 12:46:32 PM PDT
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< OurFlorida.true.ws Impeach Judge Greer)
To: tutstar
JUSTICE FOR TERRI JULY DAILIES:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437721/posts
and bttt.
9
posted on
07/11/2005 12:49:07 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.terrisfight.org & www.conservative-spirit.org... The Schindlers "Never again.")
To: Elsie
We have over a MILLION abortions a year and we are upset over an ADULT??? Doesn't sound as if the "we" there includes you.
To: Elsie
You don't grasp that this opens the door for many other disabled people to be murdered? That means children and adults. Terri is a symbol for the disabled community. This is often overlooked. The disabled community knows full well this puts them in danger.
Euthanasia and abortion are promoted by the same scum including the ACLU. Or, some people are just Terri haters or Terri supporter haters. Are you one of them?
11
posted on
07/11/2005 12:52:38 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.terrisfight.org & www.conservative-spirit.org... The Schindlers "Never again.")
To: madprof98
We better do something aboaut euthanasia and abortion. Let me see... No more judicial tyranny.
12
posted on
07/11/2005 12:53:42 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.terrisfight.org & www.conservative-spirit.org... The Schindlers "Never again.")
To: Elsie
It's an ancient principle that every single life is precious.
Incidentally, Hentoff has never hesitated to speak out against abortion.
13
posted on
07/11/2005 12:54:45 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Elsie
I'm upset at both, abortions and the death of Terri equally. Both are examples of our country at its worst.
14
posted on
07/11/2005 12:55:46 PM PDT
by
BloomNTn
To: tutstar
Nat Hentoff gets it. Florida politicians and judges do not.
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posted on
07/11/2005 12:55:51 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.terrisfight.org & www.conservative-spirit.org... The Schindlers "Never again.")
To: Future Useless Eater; amdgmary; EternalVigilance; russesjunjee; Sun; Republic
VOTE NO ON FLA SENATOR JIM KING in 2006.
16
posted on
07/11/2005 12:59:17 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.terrisfight.org & www.conservative-spirit.org... The Schindlers "Never again.")
To: cyn; wildandcrazyrussian; Halls
Disabled Floridians can be murdered now based upon hearsay evidence as of July 1, 2005.
http://www.theempirejournal.com/070405_Hearsay_law_Florida.html
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posted on
07/11/2005 1:03:05 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.terrisfight.org & www.conservative-spirit.org... The Schindlers "Never again.")
To: Elsie
Are you an adult? If you were starved and dehydrated to death, would anyone be upset? If I may answer that for you; Yes. A lot of people would be upset. A few people would complain about the majority of people not liking it. A handful of people would make jokes about it. There would be the usual comments about poetic justice. Most of us would be upset.
18
posted on
07/11/2005 1:04:22 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri Schindler <strike>Schiavo</strike> - www.terrisfight.org)
To: aculeus
Hentoff sums it up perfectly.
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posted on
07/11/2005 1:04:59 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: okie01
"It's good to have him on our side."
A self described atheist and against the death penalty?
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