RE: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jack syme [mailto:drsyme@cablespeed.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:14 PM
> To: Glenn Morton; 'Bill Dozier'
> Cc: 'ASA'
> Subject: Re: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes
>
>
> So do you want to go back to the pre Nancy Cruzan days when
> you had to have
> all of your wishes written down? The process isnt perfect, I
> wouldnt expect
> it to be.

Better than letting anyone claim what ever they want to claim for their
own convenience. And it is better than letting a judge decide on his
whimsy. I use the word whimsy in relation to the judge because he has
denied anyone the ability to photograph her. He clearly doesn't want any
publicity for what he has been trying to do to this poor woman for quite
a while. Like it or not, the judge violated Federal law when he ignored
the congressional subpoena, regardless of whether one thought that
congress ought to do that or not. Yet he probably would claim to be
upholding the law.

To me, if there is nothing written down, it is better to err on the side
of life. If she had written down that she didn't want to live like that,
I would be on the other side.

And the plain fact is also that this woman is not being kept alive
artificially. She breaths on her own. That makes this entirely
different than someone on a respirator.

You haven't answered the question: Why is it cruel (not to mention
illegal) to starve and dehydrate a dog, but not cruel to starve and
dehydrate a human? PETA would be all over this if Schiavo was a rabbit.
But since she is a human, they sit silently while cruelty is carried
out.
Received on Fri Mar 18 22:47:35 2005