Read an interesting article that largely discounts any concerns about Terry Schiavo's death by starvation being an agonizing way to go. When I read this I said to myself, you know, it doesn't sound like the worst way to die. In fact, if my own (hopefully far off) passing could be so peaceful, I wouldn't complain. I think it's absolutely astounding how Jeb Bush tried to intervene by taking Schiavo into protective custody, claiming that some doctor says that she's probably not even in a persistent vegitative state, regardless of the fact that this doctor has never even examined Schiavo, and she's been in this condition for fifteen years.
All these "right to life-ers" (people who think that murdering arabs and putting inmates to death is okay, but having mercy on a braindead woman is evil) are all up in arms that starvation is such a godawful way to die. I don't buy it.
And not to be crass, but the girl is only in her current position in the first place because she was bulemic and she starved and binged herself into a vegetative, brain-dead state. Do you really think she should be forced to continue living off of a feeding tube?
Posted by Maria at March 26, 2005 10:45 PMI wonder what precedence, if any, will be set from this debacle. I am hoping this poor woman, her family and her husband's grief will not be in vain. I am hoping that this will renew a fight for our personal rights not to be trampled on by religious dogma and dictated by religious leaders. I hope this helps keep the church out of government. I am hoping this will show that their conviction, while admirable, is to be seperate by very well defined lines, from the law of the land. God's law, while the ultimate law, should not be the law of the land. Not this land. Because not everyone in this land follows God's law, and we must honor that because that is their right. This case, I hope will renew that vision that the rule of law cannot be trumped by a governer, president, pope or anyone else.
The saddest thing is the grief of her poor parents. It may be more sad how the religious right has used them and their fight to push their own agendas. How shameful for them. I hope they have enough prayer and ask for forgiveness from God for using these poor people to shove their views down people's throats.
I think it is sad that her parents are clinging to her life the way they are. It is clear that she is not getting better and fifteen years of life in her state has been torture enough.
Jeb needs to get back to work.
Posted by: geeekgirl at March 27, 2005 11:32 AMUgh. Now Patricia Heaton's jumped on the bandwagon too.
This is freaking cracked. And this whole thing is waaaaaaaaay too much in the public forum. This shit's personal and the Christian Right is having that woman as a main course on their menu of paybacks.
Off topic: weird when Streisand or Sarandon speak out the conservs yell "foul" but when Heaton does it it's just swell. Not.
Posted by: Richard at March 27, 2005 07:25 PMYour comments about Schiavo are interesting, but some of them make no sense, and do not seriously consider the merits of the other side. Maybe you're right about starvation not being such a bad way to go, and maybe she has no consciousness of the whole issue anyway. But, maybe not.
Also, your weird riff on so-called "right-to-lifers thinking its OK to murder Arabs and inmates" -- do prolife orgs really have this policy stance? Isn't this as stupid and defamatory as saying that "prochoicers" think it's OK to murder Israelis? And if what you're saying is true, that it's inconsistent to be both prolife and pro-death penalty, then it's equally true that it's inconsistent to be anti-death penalty and pro-choice.
I came across your site by accident -- last time I'll visit -- you say some pretty dumb stuff, no better than some of the dumb stuff said on the right.
I'm not sure what your blog's title means, but for what it's worth (tho you'll likely get angry at me for saying it), you are pretty.
George W. Bush considers himself "pro-life" but he also supports the mass slaughter of arabs, condones inhuman methods of torture and is a strong advocate and enforcer of the death penalty. Those who support his administration automatically condone and endorse the same. Christians have traditionally been supportive of murder and mayhem as a means to achieve their desired objectives. So those who call themselves "Christians" or "Pro-life" generally contradict their claim to "erring on the side of life" when you really get right down to it. As I've said before, Right Wing Christians don't care about life, they care about being the ones to decide who lives and who dies.
I oppose the death penalty, but a support a woman's right to make choices that pertain to her own body and health.
You compare apples and oranges. So what's your point?
You would have to know me a little better to know what the title of my blog means, so don't worry yourself about it. You seem to be well versed in misinterpretation so I'll leave it up to you to mangle it during the course of one of your own superficial analogies. Later.
Posted by: Maria at March 28, 2005 12:39 PMMeow.
Posted by: cul at April 2, 2005 01:47 PMYou go girl. You are a very spirited woman Maria. And very attractive. Actually that makes you even more attractive. Shame about not dating musicians, although I can understand your position. Love to see a pic of your ankh. I am also sick and tired of the christian right. They do make me sick. Thanks for the comments on my blog.
Posted by: Allister7 at April 6, 2005 11:00 AM