Ohhhh Good One!

I found a comment on another blog that seems representitive of the crazy people's point of view. Lets disect it, shall we? This will be fun..

I think it is interesting that so many people are questioning the motives of the parents, specifically the mother, of Terri Schiavo; yet very few, if any, are questioning the motives of Michael Schiavo. If the Schiavo family wants to love, take care of, nurture their brain-dead daughter/sister why do any of you care? Whom does it hurt? If they beleive she responds to them despite the opinions of doctors and unqualified commentors whom does it hurt. If Michael Schiavo really feels that Terri's family are not abiding by her wishes he could easily recuse himself from the situation and move on with the life he started with another woman shortly after taking the "Terri-Michael" photo. This man calls himself and is referred to as Terri's husband but he has lived with another woman (and has two children with her) for nearly 10 of the 15 years that Terri has been in her "persistant vegetative state." When she dies he is the sole heir of a nearly one million dollar medical trust set up to pay for her medical treatment. He as repeatedly severely restricted visits to Terri by her family and refused testing and therapy her family has requested that they felt might have helped her. Does none of this give you pause? What gives Michael Schiavo's statement of Terri's supposed wishes more truth or validity than the statesments of her parents and long time friends? Terri's family look into her face and see their living breathing daughter and sister. Michael Schiavo looks into Terri's face (assuming he does) and sees a brain-dead woman. When he goes home at night from visiting her he goes home to another woman and their children.

The actions of Bush and Congress are deplorable as they are merely using the suffering of a desperate family to make political moves. How they can sleep at night is beyond me. But in my opinion the first judge to rule in this case made a grevious error when he deemed the hearsay evidence of Michael Schiavo as having more weight than that of Terri's parents, family, and long time friends and initially ordered her feeding-tube be removed.

As long as Terri's family believe her life is worth saving/living it should be.

Specifically, this part:

If the Schiavo family wants to love, take care of, nurture their brain-dead daughter/sister why do any of you care? Whom does it hurt? If they beleive she responds to them despite the opinions of doctors and unqualified commentors whom does it hurt.

It hurts - Terri. That's what this whole thing is about, and that's what the stupid people don't get. The lengthy and exhaustive court process in this case was all about whether or not Terri wanted to live indefiniately in an essentially brain dead state. The answer to that was NO.

It's perfectly natural to understand why her parents are having such a hard time letting go. That's the nature of a parent. But you do not keep somebody alive in a persistent vegatative state, against their wishes, just because you can't bear the thought of finally letting go.

And I'm sorry that they don't understand that. I honestly do know their hearts are in the right place, but they simply have to try and look at it rationally.

Again, I've gone on and on about the irrelevance of "motives". The husband is a dick. The parents are loving. Does that matter? Not in the least little bit.

Again - can we please get back to what this is about. This is about what kind of care Terri wanted in this situation.

What is this about? Is it about the husband? Is it about the parents? Is it about the evangelical Christians?

Everyone say it together with me. NO!

What is it about then? Everyone say it together with me. What Terri wanted!

There - now that makes it real easy to understand, doesn't it?