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I never said anything at all about age. Age is not a concern for me on this issue. it is health. I know of twenty year olds who are basically dead to the world and I've seen eighty year olds who were living life to the fullest. In general with age comes more chance to end up in a sate where you are no longer truly alive. But age is not part of how I have ever judged someone's ability.
It is just as much hearsay evidence as a person who witnesses a murder. The witnesses, more than just her husband and his brothers, other people who knew her, gave testimony that she told them she would not wish to live in such condition. Since the only testimony her parents and those trying to force her to live gave was 'We really have no clue as to what she would desire, but we wish to keep her alive' it is not good enough. It is not error on the side of death, but on the side of what our legal system has to follow. If we write off the testimony of those who claim to have known this from Terri's own mouth, we then have to write off any and all testimony of people who witness events. it really is the same kind of thing. In this case the court system is doing what it was set up to do in the manner it is suppose to.
If we were to discredit this case, we bring down the justice system and set a precedence that could destroy just about all future court cases in our country. I am very glad that the court system is upholding it judgment on this one. I do not wish to live in the state of legal chaos that would come out of what could come from an overruling of this discussion. I honestly believe that is why none of the courts are willing to go against the ruling. They see the potential hurt to the legal system that could cause. A s well as the simple fact that the President and Congress have no say over court matters and so the courts are not about to let such a thing happen and set that dangerous of a precedence. By keeping with the original judgment the courts are helping to keep democracy going.
posted by
kooka_lives
on March 28, 2005 at 3:27 PM
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Kooka, this was a great post, but we all have to remember one thing;
we all grow old and\or have things happen in our lives that change what we once were. A vibrant woman of 20 becomes on old lady with all sorts of problems. Her life to me is just as valuable at 80 as it was at 20. I think that is why we have laws that protect us against being kept alive against our wishes. But, you have to follow the law to be allowed to do that. When no one knows for sure what a person wants we get involved with a Terri Schiavo-like problem. A living will by Terri Schiavo and we would have never heard her name. In the absence of that we have big problems. I think she would wish to be dead, but heresay evidence mainly by the person who would benefit the most from her death is a little suspect to me.This is a quagmire!!
posted by
sarooster
on March 28, 2005 at 10:49 AM
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terri schriavo
Having worked in the medical field for twenty seven years, I have to agree with you. It is tragic that this has gone on so long. My own father was involved in a debilitating accident, at the age of 63, and miraculously he had 15 years after he was not as robust as he once was, but he enjoyed a quality of life, that we all shared. When the time finally came, that compications from that accident, infringed on him, we all still prayed, and selficiously, I did and each time he came through, he was intubated a total of five times that I recall, and when I finally prayed, do what you thik is best for him, he was gone within two weeks. I hope that Teri's parents, and family find peace in her release, and that she can now help them.
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47th_Heaven
on March 27, 2005 at 7:39 PM
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