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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:06 AM Original message |
My feelings about the Schiavo issue (sorry for another thread) |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree that |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm not sure feeding through the tube |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Well, she cannot eat or swallow on her own. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It does |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. The answer to your question is simple... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. So many seem unclear on just how much brain damage we are talking about |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I agree with you. A new brain, even if possible, would |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Plus the damage done to her body can't be reversed. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's beside the point if she never did anything to hurt anyone. |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. I know what you feel. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. Something like 23 judges have now ruled in |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I don't think that's accurate |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Notice that none of them ordered it to be put back in. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think that is incorrect, refer to the blogger who keeps the |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Did one or more order the tube to be reinstated? |
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traco (579 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. The tube has been pulled (or capped off) |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Read this ... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. see last line for an example; I don't know how many times |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. See my response below. This is a status quo move, not a decision. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. How many judges have ordered her feeding tube to |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. here's from U. of Miami I was scanning. I don't want to go |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Fair enough. That was more of a status quo move than a decision, though. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I don't know and I am too tired to look at the time line again. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You mean there was someone other than Wolfson? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 05:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yes, there is another Guardian, before Wolfson. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I'd like to see evidence that Michael was a bad guardian. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I would agree with that up until he got the insurance settlement |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. "It is notable that through more than thirteen years |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. your PS; of course not. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I have yet to hear of anyone who is certain they would want to be kept |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. A few months ago I sat on a jury where there was a 7 yr.old kid who was |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Is the child in a vegetative state? Or is he conscious? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. He wasn't in PVS but could barely talk, was in a diaper, etc. It was |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. But barb, that child's situation was not the same as Terri Schiavo's. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Oh I agree!!!! With everything you are saying EXCEPT |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Why would that fix the situation? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. this spouse is possibly compromised , ie., hasn't been a wife/ |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 04:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Schiavo wasn't "unfaithful" until he was convinced by doctors |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. Her family ... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. "The woman is gone. " There's the rub |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. No one is saying she's brain dead. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I agree. But in our society, you aint dead till you're brain dead |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. She has no |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. At one time, not that long ago , you werent considered "dead" |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 05:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. feeding tube is hardly a new technology. It's been around since |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. I think the definition of technical death will evolve as it has been |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. I think your feelings are justified. I have huge isues |
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pen dragon (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. hear hear |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 03:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Just from this: |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Yes I am reading abstractappeal.com and I also find it extremely |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 04:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. You swallowed all the rightwing fundie lies |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Actually I have been trying to have a very open mind on this case and |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 11:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. just reread your post; try doing some of your own research next |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. The money ... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You can be completely right. All I am trying to do is look at the facts |
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