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3/18/2005

Terri S’s date with God

Filed under: Death, Euthanasia — Rob @ 6:33 pm

Is God waiting for her or not? What is everyone so afraid of if she’s going to heaven?

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i am so with you on this one! i am also livid that the u.s.congress - the very congress that wants to cut health and welfare care to the poor WASTES time interfering in the lives of one couple while the rest of the country is hung out to dry!

what a disgrace! these fanatics have another agenda - abortion - if they get away with forcing this woman to remain “alive” in a vegetative state - then they have established the “sanctity of life” argument to attack abortion rights.

what a disgrace the republicans are that have chosen to use this woman and her husband so!

Comment by edrie — 3/18/2005 @ 8:55 pm
Not just Republicans! Florida Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat, is on their side too.

Comment by supak.com — 3/18/2005 @ 9:22 pm
Here is my opinion as posted on DailyKos.

When I was 13 I buried my mother in the ground. I watched her body deteriorate for five years before that time. It was a hard thing watching her body waste away until at the end they were just skin and bones. She didn’t even look like my mother anymore. She was alive. She could talk. She could laugh. But I am haunted by the times I helped her go to the bathroom. Her skin was sagging off her bones! I remember the last day I saw her. I ran to my room and watched the ambulance through the window. I just couldn’t watch her suffering. I hid in my room for awhile after watching the ambulane disappear down the road followed by my dad on his motorcycle. She was placed on life support. And I understand that they took her off of life support and she died. It was hard. As a 13 child, to have to watch her suffer. And then to have to put her in the ground. I remember praying… one of the few times I have prayed. I distinctly remember asking God to make her better or to take her. Perhaps it was that very night, before I knew that she was gone. Of course, I was angry at God for along time. He was supposed to make her better. But even at that age I could understand that she was suffering. I could understand that no matter how much I wanted my mother with me, it was unfair for her to suffer so much. It is a sincere act of love to put aside your own needs and fears and to let someone be at peace. It’s a shame that at 13 I could understand better than they at such a more mature age what would be best for a loved one. I know it killed my dad to say goodbye to his wife of 25 years. And his eyes still look sad to this day. But I think of my mom in heaven playing gin rummy with my grandparents and aunt. and she is happy and not hurting anymore.

Comment by Eileen H — 3/18/2005 @ 9:31 pm
Thanks, Eileen, for sharing your pain. It evolves into growth through maturity, something I hope the people that loved Terry S. can achieve.

Comment by Rob — 3/18/2005 @ 11:33 pm
Congratulations. Very cool. It could be the start of something big. Keep it up. Why is the heading cut off so it reads Questions for Christia” and “seeking to understand the Christian right amids…”?

Comment by Robert Spiotta — 3/19/2005 @ 12:27 am
I don’t know, Dad, it’s probably aol, like everything else that’s crappy in this world…

Comment by Rob — 3/19/2005 @ 1:57 am
When my brother Pat crashed hi Harley and crushed his head the standard then was life could be ended when there was an absense of brain activity over a determined period of time. And I mean NO brain activity. Pats commatose state and nonexistant chance of recovery put my family and myself through hell. But to starve someone you love and who still has brain function, however limited, to me is murder. She’s not on a respirator or heart machine/pump. From the video made available it shows that she still reponds to outside stimulus so this decision is one of convenience for the living not sympathy for the afflicted.

Comment by M ichael J, McLaughlin — 3/19/2005 @ 10:08 am
I find it ironic that so many people, including Mike here, think they can tell–from a video alone–more than Terry’s doctors, her husband, and the judge who has had this case for years and studied the testimony, tests, and actual facts of the case. It’s a good thing public opinion, shaped by video put out by Terry’s parents, doesn’t decide these matters. They are, thankfully, decided by her legal guardian, her doctors, and judges appointed to their posts because they are wise and impartial.

If anyone would like to be more impartial on this matter, I suggest they start with the facts.

Comment by supak.com — 3/19/2005 @ 10:16 am
So the President of the US cut his weekend short to sign a reprieve for a comatose woman in Florida because of his “respect for life, every life is important”. Not so much though for the more than 1,500 Americans who have died in the President’s war in Iraq or the more than 100,000 Iraq civilians who have been killed.

Comment by mkm — 3/21/2005 @ 8:37 am
If her parents are Christians why do they have a problem letting Terry die?
I’m sure she’ll find heaven is a wonderful place to be! Let her go.

Comment by Lily — 3/21/2005 @ 12:12 pm
I can’t add anymore than those who have commented from the ‘reality based’ community already have.

But I can say that as an American living in Australia….most of the folks here think that you people have a nice little theocracy on your hands and that you may well want to start looking at the immigration rules for the non-theocratic country of your choice.

This is not going to go well for right-thinking people….Why aren’t you people protesting? You are living in the midst of this Witch Trial against progressive thought and you won’t fight it. Continue blogging…but stand up and get out the front door and take back your country. I’ve joined the Aus-US Chamber of Commerce just because it’s the only forum in which I can blast the BS in America….there has to be something you can do that is louder than a blog.

Comment by marg — 3/26/2005 @ 2:25 am
This is not an issue of right to life or death. This is a feeding frenzy. Terri’s parents have played on the sympathy of those watching in the media to bully the doctors, law & politicians into seeing their will done. This is a matter of law. No matter what side of this you are on you by law need to let Terri die. Is it harsh to starve? Then why have we elected leaders that allow use to starve someone but not assist in suicide or deliver a painless death shot to the terminal or vegetative if it would be their wish. The recent debate over the sanctity of marriage comes to mind. Those who voted to save marriage by denying it to homosexuals have tried to violate the sanctity of marriage by suggesting that Terri’s husband whom she married, by law giving him the right to choose for her in this state. I wonder how many things Terri’s parents disapproved of she did as a normal action once she left their nest. They have no right to choose for her unless she put it in writing, NOT the other way around. If they have a problem with this issue, as with any ‘right to life’ blow hard then they should get off their ass, be responsible citizens and think about the laws, amendments and situations confronting them in society and vote accordingly. If they lose they need to accept it. That is what we on the educated logical side of these topics are told every time we have to endure this bullshit. The difference is those of us who think, cry out and impending doom warning when we see a bad law or policy coming due to how it affects us all. We do this to prevent tragedy up the road. The Christian right only vote for a few small minded idiotic points ignoring the rest of the issues until it affects them personally, and then they want special attention for just their situation. Thousands of people have their feeding tubes removed yearly, what makes Terri’s parents special? Not a god damn thing, sit down and shut up, you birthed her, raised her, and then your job was done.
As for the political interference in this matter, George Bush is a whore among other things. This topic had too much attention for him not to get involved. Don’t forget this fucking idiot thinks his “CEO presidency” is his “Legacy”, this always entertained me since he can not pass the office on, only we can. Notice that when polls went the other way George shut the hell up, he does not care one bit about Terri, he is a liar playing on the emotions of others for his own political gain. You can bet if the polls said more Americans supported him breaking the law to intervene, he certainly would.

Comment by Jay — 3/26/2005 @ 7:58 pm
YOU KNOW HITLER CALLED THEM “USELESS EATERS” Do we want to line up with Hitler?

Comment by ANNDEE — 8/28/2006 @ 12:38 pm