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Posted on 03/24/2005 8:10:55 PM PST by BCrago66
Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, author of the award winning book "Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America" call upon the Florida Courts, Governor Jeb Bush and concerned citizens to take any legal action available to let Terri Schiavo live.
"A profound injustice is being inflicted on Terri Schiavo," Nader and Smith asserted today. "Worse, this slow death by dehydration is being imposed upon her under the color of law, in proceedings in which every benefit of the doubt-and there are many doubts in this case-has been given to her death, rather than her continued life."
Among the many injustices in this case, Nader and Smith point to the following:
The courts not only are refusing her tube feeding, but have ordered that no attempts be made to provide her water or food by mouth. Terri swallows her own saliva. Spoon feeding is not medical treatment. "This outrageous order proves that the courts are not merely permitting medical treatment to be withheld, it has ordered her to be made dead," Nader and Smith assert.
The medical and rehabilitation experts are split on whether Terri is in a persistent vegetative state or whether Terri can be improved with therapy. There is only one way to know for sure- permit the therapy. That is the only way to resolve all doubts.
The court is imposing process over justice. After the first trial in this case, much evidence has been produced that should allow for a new trial-which was the point of the hasty federal legislation. If this were a death penalty case, this evidence would demand reconsideration. Yet, an innocent disabled woman is receiving less justice.
The federal and state governments are spending billions on what we are told will become miracle medical cures for people with all sorts of degenerative conditions, including brain damage. If this is so, why not permit Terri's parents and siblings who want to care for her do so in the hope that such cures are discovered?
Benefits of doubts should be given to life, not hastened death. This case is rife with doubt. Justice demands that Terri be permitted to live.
I disagree with Ralph on many issues, but at least he has compassion and humanity.
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"Where are the Hollywood types on this issue? "
Where are all the anti-death-penalty folks, who hold vigil at every execution of a vicious convicted criminal?!?
The radical Democratic left is an army of the living dead. They live with a mindset of death, and try to impose it on we the living. Witness who led the charge, a radical homosexual Barney Frank. A radical abortion Mafiosa, Barbara Boxer. What is difficult for we the living to comprehend is the reason they can engage in such anti-life abominations is because they have no souls.
They have said that the tears of Terri Schiavo are mechanical. They have said that her smile is reflexive. They can rip an emerging child from the womb, murder it, and call this a compassionate act. Like Mengele – the doctor of death from the Nazi concentration camps - the radical, soulless Democrats keep referring to “the doctors,” as if a medical degree guaranteed humanity. Therefore, choose life. God bless George W. Bush.
Yeah, I need to hear a 'free mumuma" chant.
I think Nader is a liberal in the best sense of that word, inasmuch as he really does care about the rights of the "little guy," the weak or vulnerable who cannot defend themselves, such as Terri right now. He may hold false beleifs to the effect that capitalism or the military-indutrial complex etc. is the primary enemy of the little guy, but neverthless his conviction is sincere. Thus, when he sees the government unjustly murder an innocent, that does offent his moral sense.
Neverthless, he shows no courage and gets no kodos from me for a dinky-ass press release hours before Terri's murder is complete.
Isn't that something else...
No kidding.
I think this case has brought out certain folks' true colors.
I can disagree with people like Nader all day long on socialism, but basic morality is a much more important issue.
Thank you Wesley, for all you do. You are one amazing man.
OMG, my head's going to explode!!! I'm on the same side with Ralph Nader!!!!!
Even that's better than nothing. This has got to be more than a save-Terri campaign. It has got to be a rein-in-the-judges campaign.
I'm not a fan of Barney Frank, but I don't get your connection between his homosexuality and death. If you waived a wand and made him strait, he'd still run to the next camaera and advocate Terri's murder. Agree with the rest of what you've said.
How about we praise Nader, if we agree with him?
We would praise a Muslim for condemning 9/11, wouldn't we?
I just did. I admitted we were on the same side, no greater praise ;o)
The point is he's immersed in the culture of death and is one of the leaders in trying to get the rest of the country to accept his agenda.
Subject: This state-sponsored MURDER of Terri Schaivo must be STOPPED
From: My real name and address
Date: Thu, March 24, 2005 11:59 pm
To: president@whitehouse.gov
Im a Hollywood Type... And I want her to live. At least until we have a clearer picture of her condition, her wishes and her husband's true motivations.
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