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bermuDa · 03-23-2005, 01:02 PM

actually, just this morning ANOTHER legal action is being considered. A neurologist who has spend about half an hour with terri and reviewed video tapes (NOT given her an actual examination) is preparing an affidavit that brings up doubts that she is in a persistant vegitative state. This would allow the DCM to put Mrs. Schaivo into protective custody, which would allow them to reinsert the feeding tube.

I think this is sick. the Carr family is not doing this for Terri, they're doing it for themselves. After HOW many years they're still clinging onto impossibility of her recovery. What does Michael Schaivo have to gain from letting his wife die? Terri has been dead for almost two decades; her body has been kept alive so her family could pretend she might someday wake up and say "thanks for sustaining my body all those years, now i have dimished mental and physical capacities but at least I'm 'alive'."

I'm with analog. Let this woman die, but don't starve her to death; euthanize her. It bothers me that the "right to life" is more important than the rights of an individual.

And I must say, although this thread has walked the fine line a number of times, but it's impressive how long it's lasted. kudos to those who have kept the debate alive and civil.

03-23-2005, 01:02 PM	#317 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	actually, just this morning ANOTHER legal action is being considered. A neurologist who has spend about half an hour with terri and reviewed video tapes (NOT given her an actual examination) is preparing an affidavit that brings up doubts that she is in a persistant vegitative state. This would allow the DCM to put Mrs. Schaivo into protective custody, which would allow them to reinsert the feeding tube. I think this is sick. the Carr family is not doing this for Terri, they're doing it for themselves. After HOW many years they're still clinging onto impossibility of her recovery. What does Michael Schaivo have to gain from letting his wife die? Terri has been dead for almost two decades; her body has been kept alive so her family could pretend she might someday wake up and say "thanks for sustaining my body all those years, now i have dimished mental and physical capacities but at least I'm 'alive'." I'm with analog. Let this woman die, but don't starve her to death; euthanize her. It bothers me that the "right to life" is more important than the rights of an individual. And I must say, although this thread has walked the fine line a number of times, but it's impressive how long it's lasted. kudos to those who have kept the debate alive and civil. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.