Well, you definitively have your opinion. I can see it will not change. You have very strong opinions on the evils of the medical profession, the evils of men, and the evils of suicide.
She is a poor, healthy woman being killed by her mean, evil, money grubbing husband. Which I have to say I think is a load of [EMAIL PROTECTED] As do most people. There isn't anything in a decade that indicates anything but brain-death. You may not want to believe that, but it really doesn't matter what you (or I) believe. The husband is the one with the right to make that decision. The courts have consistently backed that up. It's all over but the starvation at this point. She can certainly divorce her husband. Just get her to fill out a divorce certificate and sign it. Oh, right. She can't. And no, her parents can't file the divorce for her. Which is a good thing, or a lot more people would be divorced if it was up to the in-laws. Why do you think she doesn't want to die? Have you talked to her about it? Do you know her better than all of the people who testified before a judge who ruled it to be her wish? If I had the choice of laying in a hospital bed for a couple of decades rotting or going to "meet my maker", there is no doubt which I would choose. Can you list for me every single doctor and medical test that she has gone through in all the years? Can you absolutely say that the medical care she received upon hospitalization was subpar? Or are you saying the hospital and all the doctors are in on it with the husband? What about the original lawsuit the husband won? Don't you think the defense might have looked into her health during the case? Or are they in on it too? And finally, what do you mean there is no good evidence? Are you qualified to make that call? Have you seen all the medial evidence? Have you examined her? I haven't either, but medical professionals (who I do mostly trust) with no stake in the case have consistently reviewed the evidence and concluded she is in a persistent vegetative state. There isn't a whole lot of controversy on it, from what I have read. Are they ALL liars? To me it sounds a lot like the creationist argument that if you can find 1 "scientist" to back your view it is just as scientifically viable as any other view, regardless of the preponderance of opinions to the contrary. Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/17/05 07:07PM >>> Consider that maybe she doesn't want to die and doesn't have to be the way she is. We don't know because her husband hasn't bothered to find out. The issue here is that the lower court is traditionally the finder of fact, and so you can only appeal on procedural grounds. But the case is fundamentally wrong. Nobody should have to fight like this to make sure that good medical care is available to anyone. I would not be arguing this if there were an opinion in from a neurologist based on an MRI. Look at it this way, even Scott Peterson is going to get his appeals. But Terri Schiavo does not because of a catch-22 -- she can't divorce her husband because he is trying to kill her and he can try to kill her cause she can't divorce him. But hey, with sufficient media repetition that someone's life is not worth living, I guess it all becomes good. I am beginning to understand rants about the media. There is no good evidence that this woman is in fact in a vegetative state. I got more diagnostic care than she did when I went to the ER with a headache for chissake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:150822 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
