theyoonaboramer
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They should stop feeding her, but leave the tube in just to fake everyone out. Then they should hook up a Stephen Hawking computer and have her say "It's cool everyone, I'm alive! Gotcha!"
TiaraGurl said:I agree with Maggie. MLB as well (although clearly not a life and death issue) its like hey guys don't you have other things to worry about like the quagmire in iraq and Osama?
give me a breaknamkcuR said:If Michael Schiavo legitimately wanted Terri's life to end because he wanted to set her free, to end her suffering, I'd say I agree, let her go peacefully. However, I am FAR from convinced that Michael Shiavo is being driven by motives that pure. The fact is that he has two children with another woman with whom he has been living for a long time. It feels very much like more than anything he wishes Terri's life to end because he wants to get rid of the annoyance of 'dealing' with her, to get rid of that thorn in his ass. And I can't say I can encourage Terri's 'mercy killing' when it is wanted for those WRONG reasons.
namkcuR said:. Also, I have read things(albiet from biased sources) saying that in a test to see if she understood the concept of her death, Terri was told that she would die if she didn't get out of her chair, and that she did indeed try to get out of her chair. Make what you will of that.
However, I think maybe they wouldn't be wrong to looker deeper into one Michael Schiavo. The man is not all he appears to be. I understand that he has sole guardianship over Terri, but in my book, if you're in his shoes, and you don't even care what her parents think/want, you are scum, and/or you have another agenda. I think it is only fair to Terri that someone find out what this other agenda is.
BonosSaint said:What do you think about Congress getting involved in the Schiavo case?
jay canseco said:I vote against reason in this case. When all rational conclusions result in the total devastation of two parents, it can't be right.
Even if you argue that they are being irrational and selfish, most parents are when it comes to their kids. And who are we to say a love is worth saving or not.
"2278 Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate; it is the refusal of "over-zealous" treatment. Here one does not will to cause death; one's inability to impede it is merely accepted. The decisions should be made by the patient if he is competent and able or, if not, by those legally entitled to act for the patient, whose reasonable will and legitimate interests must always be respected.
2279 Even if death is thought imminent, the ordinary care owed to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. The use of painkillers to alleviate the sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their days, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end or a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as inevitable Palliative care is a special form of disinterested charity. As such it should be encouraged.
Moonlit_Angel said:
Exactly. This affects a specific family, therefore, that family and that family alone should deal with this situation. The government should have no say in this stuff.
Angela
MissMoo said:U2 Kitten, I don't think that makes sense. If her husband just wants her out of his life, her family would be happy to take over. I think the fact is that the court appointed doctors say she is brain dead and the husband says she has said she wouldn't want to be kept alive. It seems that (since money has been ruled out) may be the reason he wants to stop feeding her.
As an aside, what if she didn't get along at all with her parents when she was alive? Don't most eating disorders come from family problems? Just a thought.
no less than 15 periods on your statement...babyman said:never take away the gift of life.....................NEVER