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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

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To: Elsie
Your flip comments regarding Terri merely reflect your callousness and lack of compassion. Terri was denied due process and was killed in a barbaric way not even permitted for mad dogs or the worst of criminals. There are numerous implications involved in her case, including assigning guardianship to a sadistic sociopath with vested interest, the frightening power of judges, etc.

I recommend that you read the article by Martin Katz in "The American Thinker" (posted also on FR) and Mark Fuhrman's excellent book, "The Silent Witness." You may still disagree with those of us who supported Terri, but at least you might understand why we did.

61 posted on 07/12/2005 3:25:17 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: newgeezer

Check out #38.


62 posted on 07/12/2005 4:56:37 AM PDT by biblewonk (If you don't get the bible, how can you be a Christian?)
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To: Dante3; All
Your flip comments regarding Terri merely reflect your callousness and lack of compassion.

I'm glad I got some folks to be riled by what I posted - but I am preaching to the choir here.


Callous?

Yes!

Years of hearing about dead children who have not had a breath of life will DO that to a person.

Torn apart, brains sucked out, powerful solutions burning them in their safe environment... Yes, one tends to be callous!


Uncaring? I think not; but a frustration that is, at times, spewed out in caustic ways: TRYING to show the inhumanity of it all......


To paraphrase someone who was talking about taxes (IIRC) - "A billion here; a billion there... pretty soon it adds up to some real money..."

63 posted on 07/12/2005 6:03:34 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: All

How many Terri's will it take?


How many Elian's will it take??


How many more abortions will it TAKE???


64 posted on 07/12/2005 6:07:08 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: 8mmMauser

Guess it depends on one's understanding of what "our side" is I suppose.


65 posted on 07/12/2005 6:17:14 AM PDT by Smartaleck
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To: Dante3

"Terri was denied due process"

Just what kind of process is it that goes all the way to the Supreme Court, involves the President and US Congress, Fl legislature and Gov.?


66 posted on 07/12/2005 6:19:53 AM PDT by Smartaleck
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To: Smartaleck

Terri bump.


67 posted on 07/12/2005 1:31:36 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Maggie4life
Hiya, Maggie, nice to hear from you.

Hard to pick the star evildoers in this case. Too much of it went on behind closed doors. But they were all playing on the same team. In ruling after ruling after ruling, the results were the same as if Greer had stayed home and let Felos be the judge.

68 posted on 07/12/2005 8:15:48 PM PDT by T'wit (If any liberals get to Heaven, they'll tell God what's wrong with it and reform it all to Hell.)
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To: Smartaleck
>> Just what kind of process is it that goes all the way to the Supreme Court, involves the President and US Congress, Fl legislature and Gov.?

The same kind that Dred Scott got.

69 posted on 07/12/2005 8:17:11 PM PDT by T'wit (If any liberals get to Heaven, they'll tell God what's wrong with it and reform it all to Hell.)
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To: Smartaleck; okie01

On our side? Well yes, anyone, be they Christian, atheist
Jewish, Muslim, Wicca is by me welcome if they oppose this
issue.
And I simply do not understand, not one bit, why there
aren't many more with Hentoff's background on the right
side here. I would have thought his views would be
theirs as a matter of course. Maybe someone here can
explain it to me.


70 posted on 07/12/2005 11:35:06 PM PDT by cycjec
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To: Elsie; Shery

Yes abortion is critical. But so is the murder of
disabled or ill adults, and it is shamefully much less
publicized and opposed. To my chagrin I had never heard
of Hugh Finn and many others until Terri's case hit the
blogosphere. G-d save us all.


71 posted on 07/12/2005 11:40:08 PM PDT by cycjec
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To: Sun

Do you have a White House fax number? I've gotten
responses from faxes (months later and form postcards
though they be) so someone actually sees them.


72 posted on 07/12/2005 11:43:04 PM PDT by cycjec
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To: Elsie
Terris (or Terries) granted I don't like either much Elians abortions How many indeed? I agree with this post 100% You know this would make a great song....
73 posted on 07/12/2005 11:46:09 PM PDT by cycjec
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To: cycjec

Faxes are a good idea. I don't have a fax, but the fax # I have is 202-456-2461. Also, you can check out whitehouse.gov


74 posted on 07/13/2005 2:01:47 AM PDT by Sun (Call the U.S. SELL-OUT senators toll-free, 1-877-762-8762 & give 'em "heck.")
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To: Dante3

I like to watch the animal channel - Animal Cops, that kind of thing. There are these monster people who starve dogs, horses, cats, you name it. These monster people if caught get arrested and some do jail time. Meanwhile, Terri was dehydrated and starved to death and life goes on. All I can think to say is, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus."


75 posted on 07/16/2005 5:51:48 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (They killed Terri - IMPEACH JUDGE GREER!!!)
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To: wagglebee

Judicial Murder.


76 posted on 03/29/2010 4:20:28 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Charlie Crist is Florida's Tanya Harding. SUPPORT MARCO RUBIO, EVERYBODY!)
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