Terry Schiavo, Finally died Options

[CheesyLobster]

Well, Terry Schiavo passed away after 13 days without a feeding tube. Personally, I think that its not the roll of the government to make these sort of decissions and that they should be left to the families. I also think that this has gotten a lot more coverage than it should have. I'm glad that the system actaully worked though and she was allowed to pass away after all that suffering.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Since I cant communicate very well I went for some searching for some things I could post and kinda get my point across. This is something I could somewhat agree with.
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Not everyone is suicidal. Terry Schiavo should live.
by Lucian
Tue Mar 22nd, 2005 at 02:31:45 PST

I've seen a million posts by liberals at this site about how Terry Shaivo should be allowed to die. People are saying because if they were in that position they'd want to die, that Terry wants to die. It's not that simple people. What if Terry wants to live and the husband wants her to die so he can move on and marry someone else, gain a new family and move on with his life? He cannot do this if theres a chance she can be brought back to life without feeling guilty.
Most people who have an opinion about this case know nothing about the case. All of the family members except the husband want to keep Terry alive, and everyone ignores this in favor of the husband? Marriage in my opinion is not sacred anymore. It has not been sacred since divorce became popular. If Terry Schiavo's husband were willing to take a stand and never marry another woman, then I'd consider supporting his case to allow her to die. If he is willing to kill that side of himself then he can make the case to allow her to die. However if hes going to marry someone else then you have to question why he is fighting to hard to allow her to die.


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If I were married, and my wife did not leave a living will, and her parents wanted to keep her alive, then I'd let her live. I wouldnt take her entire family to court to end her life. Now I admit, she may be brain dead, but if we have to make this a political situation, we should be talking about stem cell research to save people in this state instead of talking about how to save money and win votes.

Terry Schiavo is being used politically right now by both the left and the right. The suicidal left want to fight for assisted suicide, abortion, etc. The anti abortion right, and the pro life left and right disagree with this.

Personally, I disagree because I don't think the court made the right decision, however I think its the role of the court to make the wrong decision. I think if the court supports assisted suicide then we need to just legalize it. However I don't think the federal government should be involved. I don't think my opinion or your opinion matters either. If you want to avoid being a Terry Schiavo then you need to
write a living will. Terry Schiavo could have wrote a living will herself if she truly wanted to die in this situation, but she didnt. There is no documentation, no proof, and because of this I side with the parents. When its a spouse vs parents, its 2 against 1, the parents knew her longer, the parents love her unconditionally and I cannot say most spouses love their mates unconditionally these days, the parents cannot get another daughter, but this man can find another wife.

In the end, in this case I side with the parents. The ex-husband of Terry Schiavo should just move on. If her parents are willing to take this to the supreme court, is it really worth fighting an expensive time consuming legal and political war to end her life? Also, if she is alive then she could become the posterchild for stem cell research. We could pressure President Bush to fight for stem cell research. However if we allow Terry Schiavo to die, more people lose than win. Both her parents lose. The Democratic party will politically lose. Abortion supporters will lose. Ultimately the only person who will win is Terry Schiavo's husband.

Why did this happen? Because the left wanted it to happen. It was the left who decided to speak their cultural opinions out in the open. It was the left who willingly broke down and gave Republicans the moral victory. You can never favor death over life and expect moral victory in anything.

Stop voicing your cultural beliefs in public. No one cares what YOU think about the case because ultimately what we think about this case does not matter. Half of us are going to be for or against, and the whole point in asking us these questions was to divide us over an issue. So why did 1000 diaries appear on Terry Schiavo? Most people here are cultural liberals, not Democrats. When a cultural issue appears then you get 1000 diaries on it, all day and night. When economic issues, or bread and butter issues appear, you see one or two diaries on it and then almost no responses.

When was the last time there were 1000 diary posts on poverty in this country? Or outsourcing? What about people starving in the third world? What about the war on drugs which is destroying families in this country? Economic issues unite the working class, it unites people in ghettos in the inner city with the people in trailer parks. We need to unite the poor and talk about issues which matter.

Democrats will never win on culture. Most Democrats are culturally elite. This may have something to do with the economic status of the Democratic party, but thats one of the reasons the party loses votes. Republicans are winning the cultural vote, Democrats can win on the issues if you guys stop trying to spread your culture and win the culture wars. So which war do you want to win? The war on issues or the war on culture?