Originally posted by sigma:
I think the point is that if Terri Schiavo was the Queen of England the Left wouldn't be screaming for her death either.


My point was more to illustrate the left's sympathy for terrorists but lack thereof for those who cannot speak for themselves. This probably doesn't have much relevance to the Terri Schiavo case except the Schiavo case has brought out sides of the left only the giften can often see.

And here is where the debate is: is showing sympathy allowing her to die, or letting her live this shell of a life? I said earlier that I once sided with the husband because I believed sympathy was letting her die, yet I've become disturbed by the left's true feelings and their actions in this situation. They're making it very difficult for me to be on the same side as them. I'm in continuous self-examination.

Originally posted by sigma:
I believe you yourself support the Death Penalty, Davo; but I assume you don't support Murder. For many people they are one in the same, but I assume that, to you, they are not.


True. But for me and logic, it makes more sense that they are not.

Originally posted by sigma:
I think the fundamental difference between opposing views in this case lies between the difference of perception between "killing" and "allowing to die". And you're going to have a hard time convincing one or the other.


The only thing that introduces ambiguity for me is Terri's own wishes. Sure, you look at her face and find it hard to imagine she would want to live that way, but I can say that about a lot of people. She may have told her husband once that she did not want to live in this condition, but there is no signatory proof of that, and that is the great tragedy in all this. Regardless, I think she'll be better off once she has passed.

I have no moral dissonance with letting someone die. I won't consider it murder when she dies, but I will be sad because we will never know what Terri Schiavo really wanted. It is also a shame that she has become a political pawn of both sides.