Since you all were there. Tell me, what Terri Schiavo told Michael Schiavo that she wanted if she was ever in that condition. Since you all obviously know more than every court that heard the evidence, fill me in.

Posted by: tryanhas at April 7, 2005 09:40 AM

i know that facts are troublesome things, and the following (a letter to the editor i submitted)will probably give you a headache, but perhaps your thought process will be engaged (there’s a first time for everything).

regarding the terri schiavo case, it’s interesting to me that the same
crybabies who defend every convicted killer who’s been sentenced to death, under
the guise that killing them is inhumane, had nothing to say about an innocent
woman who was starved to death. i guess if terri had murdered a few people, and
the state had ordered her starved to death, then we’d have some outrage from the
anti-death penalty crowd. but no, she was just a disabled person who needed
care, so the usually loud and obnoxious liberals were silent. or even worse,
these phonies supported the husband’s side.

myself, i believe in the death penalty, but only for people who’ve been tried
by a jury of their peers, convicted, and sentenced to die. i don’t support
selfish men starving their disabled wives to death. but i do have an interesting proposal. since the ACLU and certain judges have
decided that a man can legally deny his wife food and water, in effect, starving
her to death, then i propose that we handle all death row cases in this manner.

in other words, when the people on death row have exhausted their appeals,
let’s just cut off all food and water to them. since pro-euthanasia advocates
like george felos claim that denial of food and water is a painless, even
‘peaceful’ and ‘euphoric’ way to go, then it can’t possibly be cruel and unusual
punishment. no more electrocution,
lethal injections, firing squads, or hangings. just stop feeding them and
giving them water.

michael schiavo was allowed to starve his wife to death, and the
bleeding heart liberals who have so much concern for lab animals and snail
darters, had nothing to say in opposition. so i say we’ve got the green light
to go ahead and start killing death row inmates this way also.

—

“Will you decide what men shall live and what men shall die? It may be in
the sight of Heaven you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions
like this poor man’s child. O God! to hear the insect on the leaf pronouncing
on the too much life among his hungry
brothers in the dust!” (Charles Dickens

If the public is comfortable with a swamp-judge mandating an innocent non-terminal disabled woman to die of starvation/dehydration and those in favor argue that it is a peaceful way to die, we should apply the same criteria to other situations. Veterinarians who deal daily with end-of-life for dogs and kitties will warehouse injured or sick animals in cages in the back-room and withhold water and food until they expire. Animal Control will follow suit and starve homeless dogs and cats. Those animals who were not chosen for adoption will be disposed of the same way. That will save the cost of lethal injections. All the states who have statutes against cruelty to animals can just nullify those silly laws. In the criminal justice system, those condemned to die to pay for their crimes are given the choice of lethal injection or electrocution. But dehydration/starvation has been described as euphoric “drifting away” to death. Death row inmates would choose it, wouldn’t they? If it’s good for her then it’s good for them. I can’t imagine anyone objecting, errr…except PETA, the ACLU, People for the American Way, the Democrat party, Barney Frank, Bill Maher ….