nnnnoooo, I don't think so. I am simply trying to put myself in her place. The thing is, if her parents are right, yes, the media coverage is helping her and may be saving her life. I realize that that is a big if and that many people think they are not. But suppose they are.
Dana On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:20:43 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sounds to me Dana like you are letting your personal history cloud your > take on this. > > Which is your right, but I personally think you are wrong. > > And I have to agree that I think the plug should be pulled - on the cameras > and microphones. > > It is not help Terry at all by prolonging this, is it? > It is not helping her husband by prolonging this, is it? > > If she wished for her parents to make these decisions for her, rather than > her husband, she should have left such instructions. > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Company > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/26/05 07:50PM >>> > By not filing a living will she failed to say otherwise. Nothing more. > I know I damn sure would not want my ex making medical decisions for > me and would not have wanted him to so in the five years we stayed > married after breaking up, in which it did not occur to me to make a > living will. How many twenty-somethings do? > > Now the law, yes, the law may well be that he is her guardian, but > this is a case where the law is an ass. It's very clear that he is at > a minimum not concerned with her. When was the last time he visited? > > As for wanting it over, he has only to walk away. It need not concern > him, but divorce does not seem to be an option for him, which makes me > suspicious. Why not? That's a red flag for a bad relationship. > > The other remark about putting her there refers to an allegation that > he hit her and she fell, hitting her head. I have no information as to > actual causation, but I have not heard the story the way you tell it. > I believe the husband's current version is that she was bulimic and > gave herself a potassium imbalance through dehydration from vomiting. > > Dana > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:57:04 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > > I'm saying I don't believe him. I have heard him and I have heard the > > > parents. I believe them and I don't believe him. In my opinion what we > > > are seeing is state-sanctioned domestic violence, and that's assuming > > > he in fact has nothing to do with putting her in this condition. > > > > I don't see how he could've had anything to do with her accident since > > it was due to medication she was prescribed by doctors who were then > > sued due to their malpractice. He would've had to have coerced her > > doctors into prescribing the wrong drugs and then taking the heat from > > his lawsuit. Not too likely. > > > > As to him wanting it over, who wouldn't? He's been in legal battles > > for 15 years and probably has millions of people that harass him every > > day due to this. I'd want it over too. > > > > As for the state-sanctioned violence, that's way off the mark since > > Ms. Schiavo did make her wishes known: by not filing a living will she > > told the state that she wanted her husband to make the decisions. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148714 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54