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Mark Shea has updates on the legislative action
Fr. Rob has posted the homily he preached on the Schiavo situation as well as information on his trip and how to help.
Times Against Humanity dissects some politics
Sean Gallagher compares the experiences of Pope John Paul II and Terri Schiavo. (scroll down)
Online articles (from tvnews sites) here and here. Different takes, especially on the role of James King.
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The Orlando 10 pm news briefly mentioned that James King is trying to get permission for the governor to restore Terri's feeding tube....her husband is against it....
Posted by: Lynn | October 20, 2003 at 09:27 PM
The house voted 68 to 32 to replace the tube!
Orlando News 10:30pm! Photo of Terri shown.
Posted by: Lynn | October 20, 2003 at 09:33 PM
Link to the legislative news story:
http://www.sunone.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031020/APN/310200859
Posted by: Lynn | October 20, 2003 at 10:13 PM
Can we call it food and water, not nutrition and hydration?
Can we call it dying of thirst, which is what it is?
Posted by: Steve | October 21, 2003 at 01:03 AM
Steve, to do so would also be misleading. I would guess with near certainty that Terri is not being given "food and water" as you and I understand that term. She is being given medical preparations that are approved by the FDA and that would make you and me gag if we ingested them through our mouths. I just don't think it's right to obfuscate. Clearly, Terry has serious medical needs, even if she is not in danger of imminent death.
Posted by: Barbara | October 21, 2003 at 08:01 AM
Are you serious, Barbara? "Obfuscating"? No one is confused that maybe Terri should be getting cheeseburgers and Perrier. Steve's point is that, regardless of what it "looks" like or tastes like (baby food, fast food, IV slush, or 4-star entree), Terri is being deprived of FOOD & WATER: the basic sustenance of life.
If hubby Mikey were allowed to put a plastic bag over her head, you might technically want to call it "oxygen deprivation" but normal folks would just say she was being deprived of AIR. Same freakin' difference, from a moral standpoint.
If there is any obfuscation going on, it's in the haughty use of sterile, medico-jargon words like "nutrition and hydration." Sounds so clinical, so ooh-the-experts-are-in-charge-and-THEY-wouldn't-do-anything-wrong, doesn't it?
Beware of euphemisms, ESPECIALLY when life issues are involved. The Culture of Death just loves them (see, e.g., "pro-choice").
Posted by: Robin Rau | October 21, 2003 at 12:34 PM
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Posted by: henry | November 10, 2003 at 01:32 PM