Originally posted by 99SESPORT:
I'll take that in a good way...So, me caring about this woman is disgusting? Me caring about the future of my family and the United States is disgusting? Explain please...



I am not claiming that you do not care about any or all of the above. However, the people allied with the Schindler's do not have a monopoly on that care. There are times when the greatest thing you can do for a someone you care about is to let them go.

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Nobody knows what she is experiencing except herself. We don't know what she would say if she could. I'm simply saying that why is she being killed by starvation? Why does Michael Schiavo want her dead so badly?



Maybe because it is time for her to rest in peace. I wish there was a more humane way to do it, and there is morphine to ease her suffering. However, the starvation process is still far less than being imprisoned within your own body for what is almost certain to be decades more. She has been imprisoned for 15 years... set her free.

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Her husband for many years would like to end that suffering.



How do you know that?



And how do you know otherwise, or that her parents are wanting what they believe Terri wants, and not what they want?

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Her parents think that whatever hope there is, is worth keeping her alive for.



And again, what is wrong with this? Let them do it.



What is wrong with this is that it keeps Terri imprisoned within her own body in an existence worse than death could ever be. Let her go. Let her rest in peace.

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Actually, they hold a lot more weight than any of the family themselves. Michael could not have the feeding tube pulled were it not for the law (government, politicians, politics) itself. Only the law allows an act like this to take place. The government has been holding the life of Terry Schiavo for 15 years now. If not, Michael obviously would have ended it a long time ago.



Unfortunately, the parents with every manipulation known to our legal system has been forcing Terri to exist in this state, versus setting her free on the path of eternal life.

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On the other hand, you can't separate church and our society. Church plays a huge roll in it. The problem with our society is that church and the standards and morals it provides have been pushed to a "private" issue, rather than a public issue.



One must separate church and government. There is no one consistent set of religious standards and morals held by our entire society. This is why the First Amendment prohibits the establishment of any religion, and to govern by the principles of any religion is an establishment of that religion.

The religious and moral issues are not clear cut here, as many would like you to believe. There are those who believe that God has called Terri to Him, and did that 15 years ago. All this wrangling amounts to humans interfering and preventing Terri from answering that call.

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