US Invades Florida!
Yeah, that's right. The supposedly state's-rights-loving Republican Senate, House, and President of the US passed a law Monday morning to strip Florida of its sovereign right to govern domestic issues and move Terri Schiavo's case into Federal court.
Now as for the merits of the case, just about every doctor who has actually examined Terri Schiavo agrees that she's in a persistant vegetative state... this is a permanent condition. Basically, the spirit who was Terri Schiavo has left the body and isn't coming back. Husband, Michael, says Terri wouldn't want to be kept alive under these conditions... and every court that's heard this case has agreed that care should be withdrawn and Terri allowed to die as is her wish.
But the Schindlers, Terri's parents, won't take "no" for an answer. I guess they're stuck in the denial stage of grieving. Someone suggested that they may be concerned that Terri, a Catholic, would be stuck in purgatory if she were allowed to die, but let me interject here: the poor girl is in purgatory now... let her die and move on!
I can understand the parents' denial and sympathize with them. But what's going on with the US government jumping on the bandwagon? When someone's in denial over the loss of a loved one you don't feed their fantasy - at least not if that person is an adult... you help them move on through the other stages of grief so their healing can begin.
But not the corrupt Republican government... they're so bent on making political hay out of this that they're willing to trample states rights, trample the separation of powers, trample the Constitution, and even trample Michael and Terri Schiavo's civil rights to jump in with their bullshit.
Don't doubt that your rights are on their list too!
Fortunately, the Federal courts are not as corrupt as the rest of the US government and, so far, have recognized that this case has been litigated to death in the Florida courts and all the necessarly decisions have been reached.
Here's praying for a swift and painless death for Terri and peace and swift recovery for her family.
Now as for the merits of the case, just about every doctor who has actually examined Terri Schiavo agrees that she's in a persistant vegetative state... this is a permanent condition. Basically, the spirit who was Terri Schiavo has left the body and isn't coming back. Husband, Michael, says Terri wouldn't want to be kept alive under these conditions... and every court that's heard this case has agreed that care should be withdrawn and Terri allowed to die as is her wish.
But the Schindlers, Terri's parents, won't take "no" for an answer. I guess they're stuck in the denial stage of grieving. Someone suggested that they may be concerned that Terri, a Catholic, would be stuck in purgatory if she were allowed to die, but let me interject here: the poor girl is in purgatory now... let her die and move on!
I can understand the parents' denial and sympathize with them. But what's going on with the US government jumping on the bandwagon? When someone's in denial over the loss of a loved one you don't feed their fantasy - at least not if that person is an adult... you help them move on through the other stages of grief so their healing can begin.
But not the corrupt Republican government... they're so bent on making political hay out of this that they're willing to trample states rights, trample the separation of powers, trample the Constitution, and even trample Michael and Terri Schiavo's civil rights to jump in with their bullshit.
Don't doubt that your rights are on their list too!
Fortunately, the Federal courts are not as corrupt as the rest of the US government and, so far, have recognized that this case has been litigated to death in the Florida courts and all the necessarly decisions have been reached.
Here's praying for a swift and painless death for Terri and peace and swift recovery for her family.
posted by Doctor Oakroot at
11:07 AM
2 Comments:
I'm down with you here 100%.
I realize this is an old situation and that fortunately for Terri Schiavo, she has moved on to a better place, but has anyone begun abuse charges against her Parents? Degrading, embarrassing, humiliating are three words I can immediately think of to describe what the Terri's Parents put her through. I am sure she would not have wanted the "World" to witness her in a terrible, vegetative state, and would rather have peacefully been let to die without the negative publicity. Has anyone associated a positive out of this tragedy, by stressing to our youth of today the dangers of binge eating, foolish eating habits, body purging ,and anexoria? Since we have all had to endure the horror of Terri's last photos, lets use them to influence our youth about good and proper eating and exercising habits, and the importance of staying away from harmful drugs and behaviors which destroy the body, brain and soul.
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