RE: Torturing Terri Schiavo
Steve Brenneis writes:
Here is where I get on my soap box again:
All of you pro-choice types out there are directly responsible for this dose of misery. Feel ashamed, if you have any humanity left in you.
The point at which our society decided it was acceptable to snuff out a life for the sake of convenience was the point at which we began to lose our humanity and sanction indignities like this. This woman has left no express direction regarding her life and our society is moving based on the assertions of her erstwhile husband, an impeachable source at best. The culture of death created by the pro-abortion crowd has made acceptable a discussion of whether we will not only allow this woman to die, but actually cause her to die in a slow, painful, and gruesome fashion. No less gruesome, mind you than the violence in which an unborn child dies in the womb during an abortion and certainly no less gruesome than the manner in which a living, breathing human being is mutilated to death during a partial birth abortion. All for the sake of convenience. All for the sake of the mental and physical comfort of some other human who is so self-centered and self-absorbed that they cannot be troubled with the anguish of the loss of a human life. Yes I'm talking about abortion and yes I'm talking about Terri Schiavo.
The pro-abortion crowd has cheapened life in our world to the point that it matters little more than solving the problem of conflicting appointments or where to dine on a Friday evening.
It becomes ever more difficult for me to imagine that human society is even worth salvaging.
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 11:50 AM
1 Comments:
Where to begin?
First, the comparison of the plight of Terri Schiavo to the decision to put down a sick pet is laughable at best, frighteningly inhuman at worst. This is a human being we're talking about. I think no one denies that putting down a beloved pet is sad and maybe even painful, but it does not even belong in the same discussion with human euthanasia. As much as the left would like us to believe otherwise, human beings are not simply animals.
Second, as Andy points out, this is not a matter of removing critical life support such that the patient dies immediately. It will take her six to ten days to die. She will die a horrible and painful death of starvation and dehydration. There is absolutely no way to paint this as humane under any circumstance.
Finally, Michael Schiavo deserves no sympathy and he couldn't care less about his loss. He has moved on with his life and now desires an end to his responsibility for Terri. His motivation has nothing to do with humanity and his assertions of her desires are doubtful at best. Furthermore, there is creditable evidence to suggest he bears direct responsibility for Terri's current condition. His motivations now are based on gaining his 15 minutes of fame and then being rid of his albatross.
However, you are absolutely right about the living will. As the level of humanity in our society decreases, the importance of such things increases.
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