[Future Useless Eater]

Jim, I thought this was so excellent it deserved a thread of its own.

TERRIfic!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I had always assumed that in my native country the life of no innocent person hinged upon a vote. That was the overriding issue in this case. It's horrifying to think that a judicial or legislative body can decree the murder of an innocent person, and that the rectitude of such a decree will be seen as nothing more than the effect of law; of majority rule. It was never meant to be that way.

[perfect stranger]

Thanks.

[antceecee]

Moral clarity, thank you Jim.
ceecee

[PetroniusMaximus]

*** ...it was wrong to kill her...***

It was murder.

May America rise up to legally address these judicial tyrants in the same way we have unflinchingly dealt with many other such despots and ideologies in our history.

We would not be oppressed by kings.

We should not be oppressed by judges.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

it was wrong to kill her. That is my opinion. Nothing can change it.

Amen

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Thanks, JR, for your excellent comments. I wondered where you stood on this.

Err on the side of life.

[Supernatural]

Not only was it wrong to kill her, it was especially wrong to torture her to death by denying her food and water.

If they meant to kill Terri, they should have given her a lethal injection. Its good enough for common criminals, why wasn't it good enough for her?

[arjay]

Agreed!

[sheikdetailfeather]

I totally agree.

[MonitorMaid]

I believe the overwhelming majority of folks knew exactly what Jim meant. For Christians, life is a gift from God in which no one has the right to take. The taking of our own life is not permissible in God's eyes. And that's a FACT!

[PGalt]

Jim, well stated. Life is the standard of all value. Terri's life, during her last 15+ years and last 13+ days, NEVER revealed an indication that she wished that she was dead. There were many non-verbal ways to communicate that.

[the invisib1e hand]

It's a shame and a disgrace and a mockery of justice.

And it got wings in Pinellas County, Florida. Keep digging, FReepers.

[poobear]

"The last I heard, in this country when you are on trial for your life, if there is one doubtful juror, you don't receive a death sentence. The accused receives the benefit of the doubt."

Dear Jim, when I recover from this,the world will be a ...... I'M 'COMIN OUT!!!! This is sick!!!

[SlowBoat407]

Amen.

Something went horribly wrong in Florida.

[grey_whiskers]

Your editorial on Terry Schiavo was off-scale.

Prayers for her family and our country!

[silverleaf]

I'm glad to know that someone else noticed that Judge Greer went with 3 out of 5 "medical experts" in his decision, called that an "overwhelming majority of opinion" (that Terri's "life" was meaningless and thus should be terminated as soon as possible because the court was growing impatient).

Imagine- 40% of the final "jury" of doctors wanted to help her and thought they could. And Greer denied Terri those odds.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Well said and succinct. Pithy!

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

Totally correct.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Rescind Rogue Judge Bar Licenses! Terri & SCOTUS! Vanity
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1362533/posts

Excerpt:
A DRAFT INITIATIVE/REFERENDUM for discussion and action. INTRODUCTION: If Citizens revoke, by whatever means necessary, the authority of Bar Associations to license and revoke licenses of attorneys and judges, those whose licenses the People revoke cannot practice law, cannot sit as judges, right? WE have the power to change things and this might be what needs to be done for a lot of our court officers. Make them directly accountable to the People, swift and sure punishment or continued privilege of license as warranted by (perhaps) direct majority vote. The Liberals want to remove the Electoral College. I say NO,...

[Zacs Mom]

Terri was not "allowed", Terri was forced to die.

Amazingly, Terri's death is not the first time Judge Greer’s untenable conduct on the bench has needlessly resulted in the death of a young woman at the hands of her husband.

In 1998, an estranged wife presented Greer with evidence of her husband’s physical threats to do her great physical harm and sought an injunction to keep him away from her.

Greer denied her request for the injunction, claiming he was “following the law.”

Days later, the husband stabbed the wife to death!

(St. Pete Times, 3/18/05)