Re: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

As far as the judge (Judge Greer) and his whimsy. This whimsy was supported
by the Florida appellate court.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>
To: "'jack syme'" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>; "'Bill Dozier'"
<wddozier@mac.com>
Cc: "'ASA'" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:47 PM
Subject: RE: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

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>> -----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 23:07:09 2005