There is a big difference between removing life support where the patient
instantly dies, and a slow painful death by dehydration. This woman survived
15 years without life support and is not in a coma. She was merely being fed
and given fluid. Withdrawing fluid is tantamount to torture.




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> >Liberals have always had a problem respecting the boundaries of
> others.
>
> If Liberals are the ones with the problem respecting the boundaries of
> others why are you the one trying to interfere with her and her
> husbands wishes?
>
> >In particular, they think they have the right to dictate every single
> >detail of everyone's lives for them.
>
> Lest we forget it is the conservatives who are trying to dicate here,
> no "liberal group" has butted into the case yet.
>
> >Liberals think they know what's best for you, better than you do. And
> >they want to make all our important decisions for us.
>
> No people who think they are doing the "Will of God" are the ones who
> want that.
>
> >That's why liberals want Terri Schiavo to die.
> Actually they don't want her to die, they don't think the government
> should get involved, however you seem to want that despite you
> accusations that the "liberals" want to.  Liberal want the
>
> 'When he was governor of Texas, George W. Bush presided over 152
> executions, more than took place in the rest of the country combined.
> In at least a few of these cases, reasonable doubts about the guilt of
> the condemned were raised. But Bush cut his personal review time for
> each case from a half hour to a mere 15 minutes (most other governors
> spend many hours reviewing each capital case to assure themselves that
> there's no doubt of guilt). His explanation was that he trusted the
> courts to sort through the life-and-death complexities. That's right:
> the courts.'
>
> See more here:
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7305206/site/newsweek
>
>
> >They see Terri in her condition, decide that they wouldn't want to
> live >that way themselves, and go about murdering her because they want
> to >make the decision for her
>
> Name a single liberal who has actually been behind a pull the plug
> movement against terri shiavo.  It would be easier to say that
> conservatives, particularly conservative christians say I want to be
> plugged in forever so I am going to force her to be.
>
> >what would you expect from a group of people so closely tied to
> >communism and who mock the word of God?
>
> Yeah! Screw those commies! where in The Bible does it say share with
> others and help your neighbor! Commies, what a off the topic insult
> that has no purpose here.  Also Whose "Word of God" are we
speaking of?
> and whose translation? I will assume you are speaking of the Catholic
> Church because that is Terri's religion.
>
> >You do not have the authority to decide what standard of living is
> >acceptable for Terri.
>
> Then neither do you!
>
> >You do not have the authority to decide that Terri is better off dead
> >than alive.
>
> No but her husband does. See Florida state law.
>
> >You do  have the authority to not decide that murdering Terri by
> >starving her to death is more merciful than not murdering her and
> >allowing her to live.
>
> Really, you are quite comic. I wonder if this is a set up or if you
> actually believe what you are saying. Anyways, You are making a command
> in this last sentence and trying to say how you believe the law should
> be. Say if Terri Shiavo should be kept on life support why not give
> universal health care to all?  Oh wait. That's communist isn't it. but
> I guess you have the authority to ignore people in need who still have
> functioning brains.
>
> > know this goes against everything Hillary Clinton, Barbara Streisand,
> >Dianne Feinstein and your college professors have told you, but you do
> >not dictate other peoples lives and tell them what to do.
>
> You are making generalizations and accusations about why people believe
> what they believe. The Irony of these statements is that you probobly
> do not believe homosexuals should marry or that Harrp Potter should be
> allowed in schools. Nobody is telling Shiavo how to live, they are
> telling you to stay out of her and her husbands buisness.
>




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