[extropy-chat] Thoughts on Schiavo

[Al Brooks]

Terry is toast. Get used to it. The world will go on,
it will continue to orbit around the sun.
When a man and woman leave their parents' homes, and
cleave as one flesh (and all that sickening nonsense)
in a legal contract of marriage, the husband can carry
out his spouse's wishes-- assuming no foul play is
involved. What would a legal contract of marriage mean
otherwise? What would power of attorney mean?




> >--- Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>On Mar 26, 2005, at 6:00 AM, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Lets make one thing perfectly clear: Terri
> Schiavo's responsiveness
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>is
> >>    
> >>
> >>>no less than the responsiveness of Stephen
> Hawking. Stephen just
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>has a
> >>    
> >>
> >>>lot of high tech gizmos he's had years to learn
> to use to make
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>himself
> >>    
> >>
> >>>useful in the world. Terri has been denied the
> same opportunities
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>by
> >>    
> >>
> >>>her husband and remains in a condition that
> Stephen would be in
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>today
> >>    
> >>
> >>>given a similar level of neglect.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>This is the most empty and baseless assertion i
> believe I have ever 
> >>seen from you.  Comparing one of the finest minds
> of our age to a
> >>woman 
> >>who by every test we can administer is mentally
> unfortunately little 
> >>more than a vegetable shows a patent disregard of
> reality.    Why are
> >>you just looking at the outside an ignoring
> everything we know and
> >>can 
> >>test?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >What is empty and baseless is the assertion that
> Terri is brain dead,
> >in a coma, or a vegetable, all characterizations
> only of her husbands
> >lawyers and their hand picked and paid expert
> medical witnesses (who
> >will say whatever you want for the right fee).
> >
> >There HAS BEEN NO TESTING of Terri's mental
> capacity. A fellow who has
> >the technology to test not only her mental capacity
> but whether she
> >wants to live or not is currently under legal
> consideration, and the
> >judge is ticked that nobody told him about this
> before.
> >
> >Mike Lorrey
> >Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
> >"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of
> human freedom.
> >It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of
> slaves."
> >                                      -William Pitt
> (1759-1806) 
> >Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com
> >
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