Comments on: More on Terri Schiavo http://randomgemini.com/2005/03/more-on-terri-schiavo/ One geeky girl set loose upon the world. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Random Gemini http://randomgemini.com/2005/03/more-on-terri-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Random Gemini Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:23:00 +0000 http://jolieve.polestar.org/blog/?p=561#comment-290 Terri isn't handicapped. If this were just a matter of her being handicapped, I might agree, but she's not. There is a big, black.. hole in her brain where sentience and cognitive function reside. A hole. The part of her that was living, and thinking for herself is gone. That's why all of this is such a huge debate. What kind of quality of life is that? Who are we to take away Michael Schiavo's power of attourney in these circumstances? The guy may be a scumbag, but he's still her husband, and it's still his legal right to make that choice for her. If you don't trust your spouse to make that decision for you, and stick to it, when the time comes, I suggest you get a divorce. Terri isn’t handicapped. If this were just a matter of her being handicapped, I might agree, but she’s not. There is a big, black.. hole in her brain where sentience and cognitive function reside. A hole. The part of her that was living, and thinking for herself is gone. That’s why all of this is such a huge debate. What kind of quality of life is that?

Who are we to take away Michael Schiavo’s power of attourney in these circumstances? The guy may be a scumbag, but he’s still her husband, and it’s still his legal right to make that choice for her. If you don’t trust your spouse to make that decision for you, and stick to it, when the time comes, I suggest you get a divorce.

]]> By: Mystic Knight http://randomgemini.com/2005/03/more-on-terri-schiavo/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Mystic Knight Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:41:00 +0000 http://jolieve.polestar.org/blog/?p=561#comment-289 Terri responds to her parents at the level that many people do who are considered to be handicapped. I nobel prize nominee doctor said that she is fully aware of her surroundings and in time could even regain speech and some sort of a normal life, as best she could with her current condition. This is not a woman completely being sustained by equipment. At what point do we kill off the handicapped because they are too much of a bother to keep around? Terri responds to her parents at the level that many people do who are considered to be handicapped.

I nobel prize nominee doctor said that she is fully aware of her surroundings and in time could even regain speech and some sort of a normal life, as best she could with her current condition.

This is not a woman completely being sustained by equipment.

At what point do we kill off the handicapped because they are too much of a bother to keep around?

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