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March 31, 2005
I am not "we" (and you probably aren't either . . .)
Terri Schiavo died this morning. While I don't think that removal of the feeding tube was right (and have said so repeatedly), I think it should be remembered that it was Michael Schiavo who wanted the tube pulled, and the courts which ordered this carried out. It wasn't the ill-defined "Culture of Death." (Often referred to as "we.") We didn't do it. And therefore, I didn't do it -- any more than I shot the Columbine victims.* *Or, for that matter, clubbed the seals. AFTERTHOUGHT: In the course of the debate over the morality of feeding tube removal, what seems to be getting lost is this: had Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers agreed on the feeding tube removal, Ms. Schiavo would have starved to death years ago and no one would have heard of this case. (It happens every day.) To me, the dispute between the parties is the distinction. But I fear that for many, this distinction is being forgotten, and while I know I'm repeating myself a bit, I'd hate to see a kneejerk overreaction lead to the imposition of a feeding tube requirement even when people don't want such things. posted by Eric on 03.31.05 at 10:33 AM
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Did you notice how insensitive President Bush's remarks were this morning about Terri Schiavo? He used her death as a segway to talk about homeland security... J. Mark English · March 31, 2005 02:26 PM Axis of Evil...Culture of Death...sounds like a good segue to me... Raging Bee · March 31, 2005 03:09 PM |
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Thanks for a sensible post on this, and for the equally sensible afterthought.
I hope the Terri's relatives can find it in themselves to acknowledge and mourn what they lost, and get on with their own lives.
More to the point, I hope we don't see a raft of "wrongful death" lawsuits, or impeachment drives against any of the judges involved.