Wednesday, March 16, 2005
New Voices For Terri
Today I'd like to highlight some new voices, at least new to me, that are speaking out for Terri Schiavo.
What Attitude Problem quotes from a letter from the President's nephew. Accept this PROFANITY WARNING and read the comments. Someone hates the Bush family so much that they threaten abortion for purely contrarian purposes. Hatred of someone you have never met to a level where you are willing to kill innocents is not just sinful, but sick. This makes me worried that the hill we have to climb here is steeper than I thought.
The lengthily titled Into Good and Evil, the Genealogy of Minds, do you mind? posts on what will happen to Terri once her feeding tube is removed. Warning, it's gruesome. How can this possibly be called mercy. Starving and dehydrating someone in this fashion is merciful only to the people that are doing the killing. If I wasn't afraid they'd take me up on it, I'd challenged Judge Greer or Michael Schiavo to kill her with their bare hands, it really would be more merciful.
UPDATE: FOXNews reports on Michael Schiavo's appearance on Nightline last night.
Here are the action items -- do them.
What Attitude Problem quotes from a letter from the President's nephew. Accept this PROFANITY WARNING and read the comments. Someone hates the Bush family so much that they threaten abortion for purely contrarian purposes. Hatred of someone you have never met to a level where you are willing to kill innocents is not just sinful, but sick. This makes me worried that the hill we have to climb here is steeper than I thought.
The lengthily titled Into Good and Evil, the Genealogy of Minds, do you mind? posts on what will happen to Terri once her feeding tube is removed. Warning, it's gruesome. How can this possibly be called mercy. Starving and dehydrating someone in this fashion is merciful only to the people that are doing the killing. If I wasn't afraid they'd take me up on it, I'd challenged Judge Greer or Michael Schiavo to kill her with their bare hands, it really would be more merciful.
UPDATE: FOXNews reports on Michael Schiavo's appearance on Nightline last night.
Schiavo, who wants his wife's feeding tube removed, said Bush stepped into his personal life and used the case "to win votes, just like the legislators are doing right now. ... What kind of government is this?"I see, so murder is a personal choice. If you decide someone's life is not worth living, you can take it away, no problems, it's a personal choice. I wonder if it ever dawned on Mr. Schiavo that those votes he maligns represent people who obviously care about his wife more than he does? This guy should really keep his mouth shut, he is not doing himself any favors. Back to the original post.
"It's really uncomprehensible ... for a governor to come into this without any education on the subject and push his personal views," he said during the interview, not far from the Tampa Bay-area hospice where his wife is cared for.
Here are the action items -- do them.
- Go to Terri's Fight(graphic in blogroll - the link works even if the graphic is missing) and donate
- Contact your Federal Representative and ask him/her to move along the bill that has been introduced to save Terri's life. Speed is of the essence. Act Now.
- Contact your Senators and do the same.
- Contact legislators in Florida and urge the passage of HB701, also designed to save Terri's life.
