D-Day for Terri

The court-ordered - no, scratch that. The oligarchy-ordered torture-murder of Terri Schiavo is scheduled to begin in a few hours. There are a few last-ditch efforts being implemented to try to save her. Updates can be found here.

Here are excerpts from some of my posts about Terri:

Terri had no will or any other written directives regarding this situation she's in. The claim is that while she was watching a movie on TV with her husband, there was a scene of someone in a coma on life-support. Terri allegedly said that she wouldn't want to live like that. Honestly, how many of us wouldn't express the same sentiment? I wouldn't want to live like that, either, but that's NOT the same as expressing that I would want to be put to death if I end up in such a state. I wouldn't want to live like that, but I also wouldn't want to be put to death if I end up in such a state. Anyway, it's ridiculous that the courts have relied upon nothing but hearsay regarding Terri's alleged wishes. If there's no written directive or any other clear indication directly from a person regarding their wishes about being on life-support (BTW, Terri is not on life-support - the only help she needs is a feeding tube), then the courts should take a conservative, life-preserving position.

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Let's just be clear on what that means. Terri will no longer receive food or water. She will die of starvation/dehydration. It is a slow (it could take up to two weeks), painful, ignoble death that even animals are protected from by law. But this is a human life we're talking about. These days, human life is worth less than the lives of the pests that invade our homes.

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Do you think Terri Schaivo would have wished to remain married to a man who is engaged to another woman and has had children with her already? I wonder if she ever made her wishes regarding that known. And if she had, I wonder if Michael would fight as hard to fulfill those wishes as he is to kill her.

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A poster on TheologyWeb's forum has been trying to argue that Terri is dead. Her body remains alive, but, he claims, her personality is gone. She has no mind left. She's not Terri anymore. "Terri the person" is dead, he claims. "The person that was Terri is no more. Terri Shiavo no longer exists. Terri is dead, what we see laying on the bed there is all that remains."

Okay, fine. She's not there. The body is just a mindless husk. It can't think or feel anything. No joy. No sorrow. No fear. No pain.

So, then, why again is Terri being put to death?

It is claimed that Terri said she wouldn't want to live "like that" when she saw a person in a coma in a movie. (See my earlier post below about the difference between not wanting to live some way and wanting to be put to death.) Well, guess what, all you supporters of Terri's death. By your own arguments, Terri isn't living "like that." By your own arguments, Terri (the person) is dead. By your own arguments, she no longer exists. By your own arguments, she is not suffering.

So, then, why again is Terri being put to death?

Terri's death would cause much pain, sorrow and suffering to her parents and many, many other people.

So, then, why again is Terri being put to death?

Michael Schiavo has obviously gotten over any grief he might have felt regarding Terri. He's currently engaged to another woman and they have already had children together.

So, then, why again is Terri being put to death?

(Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.)

UPDATE: President Bush weighs in:

"The case of Terri Schiavo raises complex issues, yet in instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life. Those who live at the mercy of others deserve our special care and concern."

(Hat tip: Wizbang.)

UPDATE 2: For Terri...