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Post by AuntRonda on Mar 27, 2005 9:03:00 GMT -5
I know how I feel on the subject.....how do you feel.
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Post by babysis on Mar 27, 2005 10:54:13 GMT -5
All of the above
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Post by donkeydude on Mar 27, 2005 12:46:25 GMT -5
Your poll is one of great bias, what about those of us who feel the government overstepped its bounds when making laws that concerned only this particular case?
This poor woman is never going to live a quality life and I have my doubts she is really living any sort of life right now. Her cerebral cortex has deteriorated and been replaced with spinal fluid. It's hard for those who love her to accept, but she pretty much died a long time ago. Doctor after doctor has said she will never recover and that she has no higher mental functions. The very essence of what makes us human, the ability to rationalize and reason is gone.
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Post by AuntRonda on Mar 27, 2005 19:06:17 GMT -5
Your poll is one of great bias, what about those of us who feel the government overstepped its bounds when making laws that concerned only this particular case? This poor woman is never going to live a quality life and I have my doubts she is really living any sort of life right now. Her cerebral cortex has deteriorated and been replaced with spinal fluid. It's hard for those who love her to accept, but she pretty much died a long time ago. Doctor after doctor has said she will never recover and that she has no higher mental functions. The very essence of what makes us human, the ability to rationalize and reason is gone. And because of this, it is okay to starve her to death??? If you let an animal starve, you would be jailed.
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Post by donkeydude on Mar 27, 2005 22:44:52 GMT -5
And because of this, it is okay to starve her to death??? If you let an animal starve, you would be jailed. Don't get me wrong it's tragic and I wish there was another way, but the law says her husband is the one to make these decsions. I really believe that he feels he is carrying out her wishes and he simply trying to give his wife what she wanted. He could easily divorce her and move on completly with his new family. It isn't like he's going to get something out of her death...her settlement money was spent long ago. I personally would hope if it were me that my wife wouldn't allow me to lay there with no hope of recovery that isn't how I would want to live out my days.
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Post by k8reader on Mar 28, 2005 7:56:53 GMT -5
Good and well meaning people disagree on this subject!
What is the value of life? When could we say that a life has ended? When can we say that life is not worth living? If our brain isn't functioning? If we can't communicate? If we can't walk, laugh, cry, understand? Where do we draw a line? Do we get to decide for ourselves? Do our loved ones? Should we determine the value of a life from what the individual person can experience in life? Do we value a life based on what that individual brings to others? As for Terry, she seems to be VERY meaningful to MANY people. She has been the reason for people getting themselves arrested, going on hunger strikes, standing for days in protest and vigil, legislative action, the president of the United States cut short a trip to come sign a bill for Terry, the Governor of the State of Florida tried to adopt Terry, millions of prayers by people who really care about Terry, and plenty of discussions - including this one here. There is little doubt that, even in her current, physical state, that Terry is important to many, many people. She impacts their entire lives. So if we are using the criteria of the impact a person is making in the world, Terry should live. Her life is important, and has meaning - right now. As for me, I didn't see the answer I would have chosen in the poll. I don't care what Terry would have wanted, I don't care what her estranged husband wants, or her parents or the President, the Legislature, the courts or the protesters. It all makes me sick. It reminds me of that hissing, contemptuous liar from the fall of creation whispering, "you will be like God, knowing good from evil".
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Post by AuntRonda on Mar 28, 2005 8:43:49 GMT -5
I don't believe her husband's tale of her telling him she would never want to live that way.
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Post by Pietro on Mar 28, 2005 9:14:32 GMT -5
This is not starvation. Starvation is when a person is conscious, hungry and desires food that is withheld.
They showed her brain scan on the news the other day and compared it with a normal brain. The difference is dramatic. There is no activity in the areas of the brain that sense the environment. She is not conscious of the outside world. Her family interprets her movements as a respnse to them but it is simply not possible and wishful thinking. Her brain is not capable of exprienceing hunger or pain.
The feeding tube has prolonged her dying.
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Post by babysis on Mar 28, 2005 13:57:41 GMT -5
I watched a video of her on the news Saturday night and she was following a balloon with her eyes and slightly with her head. If she was unconcious should would not be able to do that.
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Post by AuntRonda on Mar 28, 2005 14:17:17 GMT -5
I watched a video of her on the news Saturday night and she was following a balloon with her eyes and slightly with her head. If she was unconcious should would not be able to do that. Exactly!! We are witnessing the out and out murder of a young woman sanctioned by the courts.
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Post by Pietro on Mar 28, 2005 16:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by heathen76 on Mar 28, 2005 16:36:01 GMT -5
Exactly!! We are witnessing the out and out murder of a young woman sanctioned by the courts. And the death penalty is different how?
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Post by AuntRonda on Mar 28, 2005 17:48:40 GMT -5
There are others who would disagree.
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Post by Pietro on Mar 29, 2005 9:07:19 GMT -5
And the death penalty is different how? Don't mess with Texas indeed!! States with executions 2003 - 2 0 0 4Texas 24 - 2 3 Ohio 3 - 7 Oklahoma 14 - 6 North Carolina 7 - 4 Virginia 2 - 5 South Carolina 0 - 4 Georgia 3 - 2 Florida 3 - 2 Alabama 3 - 2 Nevada 0 - 2 Arkansas 1 - 1 Maryland 0 - 1 Missouri 2 - 0 Indiana 2 - 0 U.S. Gov’t 1 - 0 Totals 65 - 59
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Post by christian on Mar 29, 2005 11:06:51 GMT -5
This is legalized murder, and the death penalty is an entirely separate issue. Terri hasn't committed murder, and so the death penalty shouldn't be carried out against her. She is a vulnerable, disabled, soul with as much right to live as the rest of us. What is being done to Terri is an affront to humanity. This case makes me feel angry. Andy.
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