In article ,
 "Society"  wrote:

> "Chance Hopkins"  barked in message
> news:HTs0e.84$CR5.22741{at}monger.newsread.com...
> >
> > "the messenjah" reported...
> >>    http://www.townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/kp20050323.shtml
>
> Excerpt:
>
>    Michael Schiavo, who was Terri Schiavo's
>    husband when she suffered a heart attack
>    and severe brain damage 15 years ago,
>    today lives with another woman with whom
>    he has had two children. Except that he has
>    never sought a divorce from Terri - and
>    therefore by law has final say over her life -
>    he is by no normal definition her "husband."
>
>    Kathleen Parker, "To help live or let die"
>    ©2005 Tribune Media Services, March 23, 2005
>
>
> > A friend of mine said recently:
> >
> > "In my 50 years of life, I have NEVER heard
> > anyone say they wanted to be kept alive
> > artificially as a vegetable."
>
> Cute, Chance Hopkins, but irrelevant.
> Bet'cha you've never heard anyone say
> they'd like a broken arm, either, but that
> doesn't tell me that if you break your
> arm you'd like to be put down like the
> dog you aspire to be.

Hello Society,

It's always a pleasure to disagree with you.

A broken arm isn't the same a loss of
conciousness.

> Also, Terri Schiavo is not a "vegetable"
> nor is she being kept alive "artificially"
> any more than you are when you're
> fed with a bottle.

I hate to make a cute quip at a time like this
(the whole situation is very tragic) but
feminists regard a fetus as not even human
because the woman's womb feeds it.

> > Can anyone here truthfully say they would
> > like to be kept alive as a vegetable,
> > on life support?
>
> Your red herring was disposed of earlier
> in this post, Chance Hopkins.  Sheesh.

Her state isn't much beyond that.

> By the way, Terri Schiavo has been in a
> minimally conscious state for 15 years and
> only NOW her man pulls this "she wouldn't
> want to live like this" claim outta his *ss.
> His behavior belies his claim.  He's acting
> just like the woman now on Court TV who
> offed her man and NOW claims that he was
> abusing her -- he's not able to tell HIS SIDE
> of the story, very convenient for her.  Hmmm.

I think he's been in a court fight for years over
this and only now has it wound it's way through
the legal system.

regards,
Mark Sobolewski


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