Of all the nonsense!
The Terri Schiavo case has had the marvelous effect of turning the lights on in the kitchen and letting us see the cockroaches for what they are.
The LA Times editorial takes the odd approach of dismissing any jurisdiction Congress may exert over the Judiciary, or States’ rights (as though racial integration was effected without the help of Congress and Federal courts), and then fulminating about how hypocritical and politically motivated the Republicans are for doing so. Pardon me? How does that bear on the case? Shame, Mr. Kinsley, you should know better.
A “bio-ethicist” from the University of Pennsylvania informs us that Michael Schiavo shouldn’t be castigated for living with another woman while being married, since remaining married preserves his standing in “fulfilling” her wishes. I would have thought that the ethical way would be to forego other relationships, like fathering children, until the marriage had ended.
This isn’t even a matter of whether Terri Schiavo is really in a persistent vegetative state. Want proof? How about this: let’s say you want to be kept alive as long as your mom and dad are willing. Still think a judge should be able to starve you?
This case is about whether we should believe the claim made by Terri Schiavo’s adulterous husband that she once said she would rather die. This claim was remembered by this man after he had become engaged to another woman and Terri had been awarded money, many years later.
Now for my bona fides on this. On the Saturday before the Super Bowl my family was told by my 94-year old mother’s doctor that Mom would not survive the night. I bought it, she bought it, we all bought it. She lived the next few days in hospice as we gently let her body shut down, and she stopped eating. Towards the end, some of us figured, what the heck! she ought to at least enjoy some ice cream, maybe soup. Yadda, yadda, yadda -- she is back in her own apartment, living alone and livid at the doctors and their opinions. We are thrilled to have her back with us. Amazing what a little food and therapy can accomplish!
The LA Times editorial takes the odd approach of dismissing any jurisdiction Congress may exert over the Judiciary, or States’ rights (as though racial integration was effected without the help of Congress and Federal courts), and then fulminating about how hypocritical and politically motivated the Republicans are for doing so. Pardon me? How does that bear on the case? Shame, Mr. Kinsley, you should know better.
A “bio-ethicist” from the University of Pennsylvania informs us that Michael Schiavo shouldn’t be castigated for living with another woman while being married, since remaining married preserves his standing in “fulfilling” her wishes. I would have thought that the ethical way would be to forego other relationships, like fathering children, until the marriage had ended.
This isn’t even a matter of whether Terri Schiavo is really in a persistent vegetative state. Want proof? How about this: let’s say you want to be kept alive as long as your mom and dad are willing. Still think a judge should be able to starve you?
This case is about whether we should believe the claim made by Terri Schiavo’s adulterous husband that she once said she would rather die. This claim was remembered by this man after he had become engaged to another woman and Terri had been awarded money, many years later.
Now for my bona fides on this. On the Saturday before the Super Bowl my family was told by my 94-year old mother’s doctor that Mom would not survive the night. I bought it, she bought it, we all bought it. She lived the next few days in hospice as we gently let her body shut down, and she stopped eating. Towards the end, some of us figured, what the heck! she ought to at least enjoy some ice cream, maybe soup. Yadda, yadda, yadda -- she is back in her own apartment, living alone and livid at the doctors and their opinions. We are thrilled to have her back with us. Amazing what a little food and therapy can accomplish!
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