Since the other Schiavo thread has been hijacked by a certain jackass arguing semantics about the Nazis, I'll start my own.
I don't know what should be done for this woman - I simply don't know all the facts. I do think it's significant that several Florida judges, who have examined things from all sides, have agreed with her husband. Then again, several have not. Even ostensibly creditable doctors disagree on the matter.
What I find increasingly despicable are the actions of so-called Conservatives who suddenly feel justified in interfering in the most private family decisions and over-ruling the courts for political reasons. Small government indeed. Why overrule a federal judge who has pondered over all aspects of this case? If the judicial system is flawed - and in cases of euthanasia it certainly is - then fix the law. Overuling the judiciary with this ludicrous law merely distorts the balance of the entire system.
Bush's own hypocrisy in this matter has been making the rounds of the blogosphere http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=19552 . I note also that Bush's desire to "ere on the side of life" is highly ironic given his and Alex Gonzales's famous complete lack of concern about due process in death penalty cases: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17670
Tom Delay's glossing of this tragedy as "medical terrorism" is particularly cheap and vile. http://majorityleader.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=409
Thankfully, the American people are displaying more sense than their leaders, as they often do: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/PollVault/story?id=599622&page=1
I don't know what should be done for this woman - I simply don't know all the facts. I do think it's significant that several Florida judges, who have examined things from all sides, have agreed with her husband. Then again, several have not. Even ostensibly creditable doctors disagree on the matter.
What I find increasingly despicable are the actions of so-called Conservatives who suddenly feel justified in interfering in the most private family decisions and over-ruling the courts for political reasons. Small government indeed. Why overrule a federal judge who has pondered over all aspects of this case? If the judicial system is flawed - and in cases of euthanasia it certainly is - then fix the law. Overuling the judiciary with this ludicrous law merely distorts the balance of the entire system.
Bush's own hypocrisy in this matter has been making the rounds of the blogosphere http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=19552 . I note also that Bush's desire to "ere on the side of life" is highly ironic given his and Alex Gonzales's famous complete lack of concern about due process in death penalty cases: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17670
Tom Delay's glossing of this tragedy as "medical terrorism" is particularly cheap and vile. http://majorityleader.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=409
Thankfully, the American people are displaying more sense than their leaders, as they often do: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/PollVault/story?id=599622&page=1
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