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ratbastid · 03-22-2005, 09:14 AM

Look: If I were in Ms. Schiavo's shoes, I wouldn't want ANYTHING done. I'd be incapable of wanting anything. I would have no cerebral cortex with which to do any cognition of any kind. Most of us can't conceive of that--we're shown pictures of her "reacting" with "a smile" to her mother, and we think there's a retarded, stunted intelligence in there. There's not! It would be physically impossible for that video to actually be showing what it appears to show. It's a coincidence caught on tape, and that's all.

I find it impossible to have sympathy for the woman, simply because there's no human being over there to have sympathy for. She's not suffering! She's feeling no pain! There's no "her" anymore to have such thoughts and feelings. On the other hand, my heart totally breaks for her parents and her husband for their loss and for what they've gone through since her heart attack.

/threadjack. Were I in a severely and permanently incapacitated state, I wouldn't want artificial means used to extend my life. I don't have that in writing anywhere (except here, now), but I intend to very soon. IMO, that's the best thing that's come out of this whole mess.

03-22-2005, 09:14 AM	#43 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Look: If I were in Ms. Schiavo's shoes, I wouldn't want ANYTHING done. I'd be incapable of wanting anything. I would have no cerebral cortex with which to do any cognition of any kind. Most of us can't conceive of that--we're shown pictures of her "reacting" with "a smile" to her mother, and we think there's a retarded, stunted intelligence in there. There's not! It would be physically impossible for that video to actually be showing what it appears to show. It's a coincidence caught on tape, and that's all. I find it impossible to have sympathy for the woman, simply because there's no human being over there to have sympathy for. She's not suffering! She's feeling no pain! There's no "her" anymore to have such thoughts and feelings. On the other hand, my heart totally breaks for her parents and her husband for their loss and for what they've gone through since her heart attack. /threadjack. Were I in a severely and permanently incapacitated state, I wouldn't want artificial means used to extend my life. I don't have that in writing anywhere (except here, now), but I intend to very soon. IMO, that's the best thing that's come out of this whole mess.