Posted on 07/13/2008 10:44:43 AM PDT by wagglebee
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“Would you do a Michael Schiavo to your wife?”
If her brain degenerated into cerebral-spinal fluid, yes.
Keeping a corpse breathing for sentimental reasons is downright creepy.
For clarity, please explain this phrase. I don't understand what is involved in "keeping breathing." Your description of a corpse is fairly evident, albeit misguided.
You seem to be of the impression that Terri Schiavo was on life support. You are INCORRECT.
Terri’s breathing functioned the EXACT SAME WAY your’s or mine does. Terri dies because she was starved and dehydrated to death at gunpoint.
Determining death The traditional criteria for death in Jewish sources are cessation of breathing and heartbeat; however, the practice was to wait some time after determining that these signs had occurred before beginning burial procedures (SA Yoreh De’ah 338). However, soon after the Harvard criteria for brain death became standard medical practice, Conservative rabbis accepted brain death (including the brainstem) as fulfilling the traditional criteria of cessation of breathing and heartbeat. In 1988, the Chief Rabbinate of the State of Israel approved heart transplantation from accident victims, thus accepting brain death as well, but this decision remains a matter of dispute among Orthodox rabbis.2,5–11 Authorities in the various movements are now assessing the apnoea test to determine death on the basis of cessation of breath.....
http://www.aabioetica.org/docu/fin%20de%20la%20vida%20perspectiva%20judia.pdf
Again, you want to keep a braindead, yet breathing corpse alive.
No wonder we lost the 2006 elections. The religious right doesn’t care about federalism; they want socialism for God, which is still socialism.
Oh gosh not this again!
““Would you do a Michael Schiavo to your wife?”
Hmmmm,,, I’m now single again. Now if we changed that question to:
“Would you do a Michael Schiavo to your ex-wife?”
Hmmmm,,,,,,,,,,, Hmmmmmmm.(still thinkin’)
“If her brain degenerated into cerebral-spinal fluid, yes.”
That pretty much describes the ex on one of her good days.
Hmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Again, we ARE NOT talking about someone who was brain dead. Neither Michael Schaivo, nor the doctors or lawyers EVER suggest that Terri was brain dead.
A brain dead person CANNOT breathe on their own.
“She was conscious and responding to her parents and nurses.”
An attempt at humor, I suppose?
“... socialism for God, which is still socialism.”
Nope, that’ll be a monarchy.
And re: article - I wouldn’t do that even to my ex.
Let's see:
Raineygoodyear
Since May 15, 2008
Hey newbie, this is a CONSERVATIVE, PRO-LIFE forum. Perhaps you stumbled in here by accident.
Terri did not suffer a “heart attack”.
In fact, the reason she survived so long was because her heart was healthy.
The reason she lived for 2 weeks without hydration is because her heart was strong.
Terri collapsed for an unknown reason.
It was suggested bulimia, or some potassium deficiency was responsible - but that was ruled out.
What they do know is that her brain was starved of oxygen for a period of time prior to receiving emergency care.
Her heart did go into arrest because of the oxygen deprivation, but her collapse was not CAUSED by a heart attack.
Terri's brother and sister (Bobby Schindler and Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo) were more than willing and capable of taking care of Terri for the rest of her life.
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