Monday, May 09, 2005
Rounding Up Terri This Monday
POLTICS
This story is nauseating, anyway you cut it.
THEOLOGY
Transforming Sermons had some interesting comments this week drawing on Terri's case.
ETHICS
I've said all along, what we don;t know matters more than what we do. Here's proof.
LEGAL
I think one of the more troubling aspects of this whole affair is the literal god-like powers the judiciary exercises, and how amazingly proud they are of themselves. Judge Greer got an award for the Schiavo case. But for taking the cake, check out this post.
Best thing, fight the filibuster and make sure we get some reason back on the bench.
MEDIA
World Magazine reports that the pulic at large never really knew what Terri was really like.
This story is nauseating, anyway you cut it.
Florida dropped its fight on Tuesday to prevent a 13-year-old girl in state care from having an abortion in a case that marked the state's second recent foray into controversial personal rights issues.In this case, unlike Terri, the chilkd was already a legal ward of the state, and stil the courts decided in this fashion. There are limits to "personal rights," and the sooner we get a handle on that the better.
THEOLOGY
Transforming Sermons had some interesting comments this week drawing on Terri's case.
Christians shouldn't expect to share a long list of values with the wider culture--not even the concept of a worldview that looks beyond personal autonomy. But in the church itself, we must somehow recover the notion that we are not our own. Rather than focusing on our rights, we need to see our lives through the lens of duty to God and one another.Boy howdy!
ETHICS
I've said all along, what we don;t know matters more than what we do. Here's proof.
A firefighter brain-damaged in a 1995 roof collapse had an "amazing" weekend, recognizing and speaking with his four sons and other family and friends for the first time in years, a family spokesman said Monday.Sheep's Crib had some comments on this story.
LEGAL
I think one of the more troubling aspects of this whole affair is the literal god-like powers the judiciary exercises, and how amazingly proud they are of themselves. Judge Greer got an award for the Schiavo case. But for taking the cake, check out this post.
Circuit Court Chief Judge David Demers wants the Pinellas-Pasco counties to pay for, and maintain of course, five disaster shelters in the event of major events like hurricanes man-handling the state of Florida again sometime in the future.I think they are taking themselves just a little too seriously.
The shelters would be used by court workers essential to seeing that business continues in the aftermath of a disaster like a hurricane. The shelters would also ensure that the workers families and pets would be safe.
Best thing, fight the filibuster and make sure we get some reason back on the bench.
MEDIA
World Magazine reports that the pulic at large never really knew what Terri was really like.
As a newsman, I understand Mr. Gibbs' sense of failure?for I share it painfully. Why couldn't we in the media have done our job more diligently? Why couldn't we have increased the wattage of our searchlight, forcing Michael Schiavo and his complicit judges to let the public see what Terri Schiavo's situation really was?I think media-bias is the answer you are looking for. (HT: Oh How I Love Jesus)
