31st March 2005, 9:15 PM
Terri Schiavo's life ended 15 years ago when she had her heart attack, her brain just stopped functioning today. That's my feeling on it, and the fact that such a thing got dragged out so much is absurd. Terri Schiavo is not the only woman who's had the plug pulled on her after her body has given up. I don't know why this case has been blown up to these absurd proportions.
All the protestors had no right to say anything about what should happen to her. Her husband wasn't the best guy, but he was her husband, and he had the most say as far as what happened to Schivao. I don't think he was just trying to get rid of his wife, but was trying to end this pitiful state she's been in for far too long. I know if a person I loved were in that position, it would be the hardest thing I'd ever have to do, but sometimes you have to consider the suffering person over your own feelings of grief and loss.
As far as Schiavo's parents, I always hear people say "nobody wants to see their child die". That is very true, I would never, ever, ever want to see any child of mine go to the grave before I do. By the same token, I would want even less to see any child of mine sit in a vegetable state, kept alive by machines for one year, <b>let alone fifteen years</b>. It's a tough call, but as Ryan pointed out, such a fate is indeed a worse fate than death.
Schiavo had a right to die, a right she'd been cruelly denied for the last fifteen years. Now she's finally found peace, and ironically, it's now going to start a giant legal war, and why? Because a woman with less than half of her brain functioning died? Because the selfish parents couldn't bear to part with their child, even keeping her suffering for so very, very long? This case is absurd no matter which angle you look at it.
All the protestors had no right to say anything about what should happen to her. Her husband wasn't the best guy, but he was her husband, and he had the most say as far as what happened to Schivao. I don't think he was just trying to get rid of his wife, but was trying to end this pitiful state she's been in for far too long. I know if a person I loved were in that position, it would be the hardest thing I'd ever have to do, but sometimes you have to consider the suffering person over your own feelings of grief and loss.
As far as Schiavo's parents, I always hear people say "nobody wants to see their child die". That is very true, I would never, ever, ever want to see any child of mine go to the grave before I do. By the same token, I would want even less to see any child of mine sit in a vegetable state, kept alive by machines for one year, <b>let alone fifteen years</b>. It's a tough call, but as Ryan pointed out, such a fate is indeed a worse fate than death.
Schiavo had a right to die, a right she'd been cruelly denied for the last fifteen years. Now she's finally found peace, and ironically, it's now going to start a giant legal war, and why? Because a woman with less than half of her brain functioning died? Because the selfish parents couldn't bear to part with their child, even keeping her suffering for so very, very long? This case is absurd no matter which angle you look at it.
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