The whole disturbing thing about this Terri case

[Paladin D]

So far, the MSNBC poll [b]"Who should decide Terri Schiavo's fate?"[/b]: Parents 35%; Husband 65%.

CNN [b]"Was it appropriate for Congress to get involved in the legal battle over a brain-damaged Florida woman?"[/b]: Yes 20%; No 80%

Fox News [b]"Should the president get involved in the Terri Schiavo matter?"[/b]: Yes 26%; No 69%; Not Sure 5%



Our society is going down the drain, big time.

[Brother Adam]

The questions are worded poorly.

[St. Catherine]

I noticed the poll numbers and was also quite upset about the outcome of them all. Even if they are not scientific.
What are these people thinking?

[Paladin D]

[quote name='St. Catherine' date='Mar 18 2005, 05:02 PM'] I noticed the poll numbers and was also quite upset about the outcome of them all. Even if they are not scientific.
What are these people thinking? [/quote]
They should have a poll that states [b]"If you were Terri, would you want to starve to death?"[/b]

[MagiDragon]

i dunno, those seem to be reaonably worded. i think americans are just ready to let people go ahead and kill each other.

Peace,
Joe

[BullnaChinaShop]

The other alternative explanation is that the general public is ignorant of the full story and believes Terri is in a persistent vegetative state and that her faithful hsuband is just trying to put her out of her misery.

[Lil Red]

*snort* faithful? ha!

[BullnaChinaShop]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Mar 18 2005, 03:16 PM'] *snort* faithful? ha! [/quote]
Without knowing the story of his indescresions then that is what the average person would think.

[Lil Red]

-_- i know

[DonCamillo]

There are two issues: (1) Whether it is wrong or not, and (2) the legality of the case.

(1) For us catholics, it is wrong to terminate a life. So we won't discuss this.
(Terminating Terri's life was wrong.)

(2) As for the legality:
Who should decide Teri fate? (1) Parents or (2) Husband or (3) congress or (4) president?

I think too that it should be the Husband.
As a married person, I want my wife to decide of those matters
and certainly not my parents, not congress and not the president.
So here I agree with the majority of the poll.

Even though I think that it was wrong to terminate her life,
I think that it is her husband who should decide.

Now, we should have a law that bans euthanasia so this does not happen.

[Mrs. Bro. Adam]

I'm sorry, but what faithful spouse wants their spouse to starve to death?


Think about it.

[St. Catherine]

The key word there is "faithful." He is obviously not, he has his new family.

[DonCamillo]

I see what you mean, but I still would want my wife to make this judgement.
I completely trust her. And I thrust her more than I trust my parent, or congress, or the president.

Even if she would make the wrong choice, I would still entrust my life to her.

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

What is this country coming to...
I am afriad that the cultural of death is growing.
Only we can defeat it

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

New poll:

What do you hope happens to Michael Schiavo after Terri dies?
(1) Lives a long happy life with new wife
(2) Burns in hell

[geetarplayer]

This is an absolute atrocity. If they're going to kill her, why drag it out?

-Mark

[jasJis]

Extreme caution and an open mind is needed when evaluating the polls. As DonCamillo points out, the spouse has a priority over the parents, ESPCECIALLY in a Sacramental Marriage. For a spouse's rights and authority to be removed and the parent's moved over the spous, the spouse has to be legally proven to have committed a crime. Morally it's obvious that the husband is evil and wrong, but when we allow the Government to intercede in a marriage to do this good thing for Terri, you open the door for people to manipulate the law and government to weaken the rights and sanctity of spouses within a marriage.
I think it's shameful for Catholics to discuss killing the husband. Yes, he might legally get away with murdering his wife, Terri. But I trust in God's perfect judgement and sure punishment and know [color=blue][u]He will mete out ([b]for eternity[/b]) [i]exactly[/i] what Terri's husband deserves.[/u][/color]

Edited March 18, 2005 by jasJis

[Iacobus]

As a poltical matter I am greatly upset by the Republicans in Washington getting involved. State's rights... yeh.... This should be a state issue, decided at the state level. I think we all agree on how to is to be decided.

[littleflower+JMJ]

i dunno i've been praying for them--to save a person who has no chance right now in the state of florida