Terri Schiavo, whose private family feud has gone extremely public of late, has a surname that means “slave” in Italian.
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I know that this is a touchy subject, but it really bugs me how the federal government stepped in suddenly to interfere in such a personal situation. If it weren’t so high profile, you can bet that capital hill wouldn’t have given a shit. Instead this is being used as a cheap opportunity by the right to demonstrate its “high moral standing”. Well, all I can say to the government is until you clean up your own morals and quit waging war on innocent citizens around the world while ignoring those impoverished in your own borders, you have no business tainting our personal lives with your screwed up moral values.
you’re right, scott, it is a very touchy subject. i will say that it touched a nerve with me. (the following might seem overly-dramatic to some, but i don’t much care.) i don’t know the reason that terri schiavo collapsed into the so-called “persistant vegetative state,” but i do know how she was killed, yes killed – some might like to downplay the fact that she was deliberately starved and dehydrated, (something against which the average American would undoubtedly stand up in arms were one referring to the treatment of a dog or cat). some people who thought they knew how terri didn’t want to live, and other medical “professionals” who concluded that she couldn’t feel any pain or discomfort (how could they have known???) decided it was okay to withdraw her food and water supply. let’s not forget that we now know that hope can be measured and it is okay for life to be devalued. I’m not going to say that I agreed with everything I heard and saw in the media, and i will say that i haven’t reached a solid conclusion regarding the president and legislature’s role in all of this. i know i don’t have all the facts. i do know that they killed her even though her family would’ve taken responsibility for her care. where are the high moral standards? there was nothing admirable or noble or justified or barely acceptable about her death.
I know that this is a touchy subject, but it really bugs me how the federal government stepped in suddenly to interfere in such a personal situation. If it weren’t so high profile, you can bet that capital hill wouldn’t have given a shit. Instead this is being used as a cheap opportunity by the right to demonstrate its “high moral standing”. Well, all I can say to the government is until you clean up your own morals and quit waging war on innocent citizens around the world while ignoring those impoverished in your own borders, you have no business tainting our personal lives with your screwed up moral values.
you’re right, scott, it is a very touchy subject. i will say that it touched a nerve with me. (the following might seem overly-dramatic to some, but i don’t much care.) i don’t know the reason that terri schiavo collapsed into the so-called “persistant vegetative state,” but i do know how she was killed, yes killed – some might like to downplay the fact that she was deliberately starved and dehydrated, (something against which the average American would undoubtedly stand up in arms were one referring to the treatment of a dog or cat). some people who thought they knew how terri didn’t want to live, and other medical “professionals” who concluded that she couldn’t feel any pain or discomfort (how could they have known???) decided it was okay to withdraw her food and water supply. let’s not forget that we now know that hope can be measured and it is okay for life to be devalued. I’m not going to say that I agreed with everything I heard and saw in the media, and i will say that i haven’t reached a solid conclusion regarding the president and legislature’s role in all of this. i know i don’t have all the facts. i do know that they killed her even though her family would’ve taken responsibility for her care. where are the high moral standards? there was nothing admirable or noble or justified or barely acceptable about her death.