Unclear on the concept

[docwebster]

You know, this Terri Schialvo thing and peoples reactions here on LJ have got me skeeved just a bit. Why? Because I'm not real sure people are clear on just how that woman is apparently now going to die.

Starvation and thirst, people. She is either going to starve to death or die of thirst.

I just don't understand people.

Apparently, her "husband" wants to "put it behind him".

PUT IT BEHIND HIM?

She's your goddamn wife, you sack of crap, not some old car!

Comments

[bassbone.livejournal.com]

I would tend to agree with you. Especially after hearing some of the things about how she's responsive... It's amazing the kind of support Terri is getting from both sides of the aisle.

[bassbone.livejournal.com]

I'll further say that I was siding with the husband until I heard the details of her condition and how responsive she really is.

[eleri.livejournal.com]

check out Rivkas stuff on the subject, it's pretty revealing

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Um, she doesn't have a cerebal cortex anymore.. it's fallen to pieces and been replaced with a pool of spinal fluid.

Seven different courts have looked at all the evidence and stated the following:

1. Terri made it clear she did not want to be kept alive by heroic measures.

2. There is no hope of recovery.

3. Those wishing to keep Terri alive have used edited video tapes. Take the famous "watching the balloon" bit. It took them over forty tries before her eyes sort of tracked the balloon. Yes, she smiled at her mom.. once. She also smiles in the middle of the night, at random strangers.. it's not any sort of reaction, just a misfiring brain.

She died 15 years ago. Let her body catch up.