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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by 99SESPORT:
WAKE UP PEOPLE!! We can't go around killing everybody that is not productive in our society, including Terry Schiavo. Don't you think that if this hadn't been that big of a deal she would have been let go in peace 13 years ago? No, her parents don't want to see their daughter die at the hands of this jerk who calls himself her husband, who left his wife years ago for another. There is more to the story than just the fact that she's in the state she's in and her husband feels it's time for her to go on. He wants her dead for some reason or another, and for our country's sake, I hope and pray that the feeding tube is reinserted.
It's not that she isn't productive in our society, there are many people that aren't productive. It's that she is BRAIN DEAD.
BRAIN DEAD! So many conflicting ideas. In the first place, you don't know that for a fact. Obviously she isn't completely brain dead, or her heart and lungs would have stopped by now. (Hence...VEGETABLE STATE)
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The husband left her after 5 years of standing by her brain dead side. FIVE YEARS. He can't wait for ever.
He can't wait forever? What kind of vow did he make to her when they got married? (assuming they said the standarad marriage vows)...
Five years isn't the max on the marriage contract. You are to stand by your WIFE and FORSAKE ALL OTHERS UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART!(NOT VEGETABLE STATE)!! Does the vow mean nothing simply because your wife is unable to communicate? No. It's still a vow, one that he obviously did not uphold therefore breaking the marriage contract.
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He MAY want her dead for a reason, but you're just assuming that. Most likely, he wants to be kind and caring and let her pass on to a better place. BUT that has nothing to do with politics and congress should never have gotten involved.
Well, let's assume his thoughts are completely pure, and he actually believes that she requested that she never be kept alive like this. Fine.
It STILL has everything to do with politics, because the House and Senate write the legislation that allows Michael Schiavo, or anybody else in his position, to make the decisions that he is allowed to make. Unfortunately, as we have seen lately in several cases and cases past, judges have overstepped their boundary and actually forced judicial decisions on everybody in the United States. Judges are to interpret law, not make law.
SO YES, IT STILL HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS AND CONGRESS!!
And as I have said above and will continue to say...
I believe in states rights as much as anyone and don't think Congress should step in and override, but there are times when a Federal Level law must be set into place for the protection of each individual citizen. In the same way that we will give appeal after appeal after appeal to a death row inmate, so we should also give those fighting for the life of their daughter the right to appeal.
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