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March 23, 2005
Thoughts on Terry Schiavo
In watching -- and how could you avoid it -- the constant coverage of the Terry Schiavo situation. There are a few thoughts that I just can't shake. These are my thoughts, I should add, and do not represent (as far as I'm aware of) those of any other Pulsers, as nobody else in the office has sat down to discuss the case at all.
1. Michael Schiavo failed to mention that Terry wanted to die for seven years.
2. In this country we afford criminals a trial where their convictions have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt based on enough evidence to convince a jury. In this case, we have almost no evidence that Terri wanted to die -- certainly not enough to remove the aspect of reasonable doubt. Terry may very well have wanted to die. Unfortunately, it can't be proven.
3. Terry has never had an M.R.I.
4. Michael says he loves his wife -- but not enough to divorce her before leaving her for another woman. Again, Michael could be 100% accurate when he says that Terri wanted to die, but his actions over more than a decade -- including having an affair -- erode his credibility. The same credibility that we're supposed to use as the foundation in believing when he expresses Terri's supposed wishes. Terri's parents want him to divorce her so they take care of her. He refuses.
5. While Terri is in a dreadful mental state, she is otherwise physically healthy -- just like people who are born severly retarded. It is illegal to kill these people, and one of the last major groups of people to say it was legal were the Nazis.
6. Other than a feeding tube, Terri needs no other equipment to live.
7. Doctors are spilt on whether or not she can be rehabilitated, again, bringing up that pesky reasonable doubt aspect.
8. It is illegal to starve animals in Florida.
9. Nobody REALLY knows if Terri can feel pain. Nobody can REALLY assess her quality of life. And, again, nobody REALLY knows if she wants to die. Because, unfortunately, Terry can't tell us.
| By colrus | 09:34 AM
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