" Nobody has bothered, for 15 years, to find out if she is still unable to swallow."
Where does that information come from? There are lots of people incapable of walking who manage to feed themselves. - Matt Small -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Schiavo She is being startved because she's incapable of walking. Nobody has bothered, for 15 years, to find out if she is still unable to swallow. And now she is not being allowed to try. Dana On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:57:50 -0500, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The other day I saw a protester holding a sign that said "Stop feeding > Michael Schiavo". I thought about it, and realized that this sign makes the > most important point: Michael Schiavo does not need anyone to stop feeding > him, he feeds himself. Terri does not and cannot do that. Nobody's actually > withholding anything from this person. If she were to stand up and walk > over to McDonalds and get a Big Mac, no court could or would stop her. She > is starving because she is incapable of doing anything on her own. > > - Matt Small > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Schiavo > > > Dana wrote: > > We are starving a woman who is > > possibly aware enough of her surroundings to understand that this is > > being done. > > This happens all the time every day - family members decide what their > loved one, who can't speak themselves, should or would want - and they > do it. > > In all of these cases we could step in and say, "they being starved", > or, "they are being denied air", or, "they are being denied blood", or > whatever. > > Are you saying that in all of these cases we should step in? Because > it's either that or we step in in none of the cases because none of > them are materially different. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151598 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
