Florida court strikes down 'Terri's Law'

They should keep a running tab on just how much its costing to keep Terris shell alive all this time.
 
This is great news!!!

How do you figure? The grounds seem questionable. Yet another example of the judiciary imposing its will and sweeping aside that of the people as expressed by their elected representatives.
 
Patrick said:
This is great news!!!

How do you figure? The grounds seem questionable. Yet another example of the judiciary imposing its will and sweeping aside that of the people as expressed by their elected representatives.
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I see, Patrick, the will of the people as expressed by their elected representitives should be allowed to enforce a state of continuous torture on an unwilling innocent. Is that what you're saying?
 
Patrick said:
This is great news!!!

How do you figure? The grounds seem questionable. Yet another example of the judiciary imposing its will and sweeping aside that of the people as expressed by their elected representatives.
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I had been praying that the lord would overturn this unjust law. My lord is great!!!
 
Yet another example of the judiciary imposing its will and sweeping aside that of the people as expressed by their elected representatives.
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Who gives a rat's ass if everyone in the entire world disagrees with Terri's husband? It's his decision. If you want Terri to remain alive, why don't you put your money where your mouth is and pay the hospital and care bills? By the way, as a Florida native, Terri's husband is 'the people' and the judiciary was imposing HIS will.
 
I see, Patrick, the will of the people as expressed by their elected representitives should be allowed to enforce a state of continuous torture on an unwilling innocent. Is that what you're saying?

"Continuous torture"?? Do you have complete contempt for the meaning of words?
 
Who gives a rat's ass if everyone in the entire world disagrees with Terri's husband? It's his decision.

It's the decision of a relative whether someone lives or dies??? Gosh, so much for consitutional rights, the rule of law, and due process.
 
Originally posted by Patrick Do you have complete contempt for the meaning of words?
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Either you are actually as noxious of a human being as some of your posts depict, or else this post of yours wins the all-time irony award.
 
or else this post of yours wins the all-time irony award.

SURRRRRRRE, she's being "continuously tortured"!!! Oh wait, I get it ... your statement above is very clever second-order irony! :D
 
I think it is a terrible thing to even have to think about such a situation.

I am divided. Surely she would not want to be in such a state, but the thought of dying from starvation is anothing idea.

I think it was wrong for the legislators to get involved in the matter and agree that they should have struck the law down.

I am glad it didn't happen to me. I think my wife would pull the plug after a few weeks. :p
 
merphie said:
I think it is a terrible thing to even have to think about such a situation.

I am divided. Surely she would not want to be in such a state, but the thought of dying from starvation is anothing idea.

I think it was wrong for the legislators to get involved in the matter and agree that they should have struck the law down.

I am glad it didn't happen to me. I think my wife would pull the plug after a few weeks. :p
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Well, there's a problem with politicizing this kind of thing. I guess Jack Kevorkian is still in prison, but he used to travel with his Amazing Van O' Death quite a lot.

Physicians have always assisted in suicide, but it was considered a private thing, not for public consumption. The battle against plus-4 treatment in all cases was won years ago. The whole point of getting this bill passed in the first place was so that Jeb Bush could crow about the case.

Making it all political screws up what IMO should be a private matter between a dying person, the physician, and the family.
 
Physicians have always assisted in suicide...what IMO should be a private matter between a dying person, the physician, and the family.

Suicide isn't the issue, hockey puck, and the "dying person" - the person who will bear the consequences of a decision, is unable to give her opinion. You've utterly miscast the situation.
 
epepke said:
Well, there's a problem with politicizing this kind of thing. I guess Jack Kevorkian is still in prison, but he used to travel with his Amazing Van O' Death quite a lot.

Physicians have always assisted in suicide, but it was considered a private thing, not for public consumption. The battle against plus-4 treatment in all cases was won years ago. The whole point of getting this bill passed in the first place was so that Jeb Bush could crow about the case.

Making it all political screws up what IMO should be a private matter between a dying person, the physician, and the family.
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I think Patrick has a point. The family doesn't want her to die and the husband believes it is in the best interest of Terri. I think under law the husband has the authority. That's why the law was past.

I think it was wrong for politicians to get involved in the matter. I agree it's a private matter. Personally, I don't know if I could take the position of either side.

I wouldn't want her to suffer. If her body is just a shell then there is nothing left to suffer. I don't know if I could "pull the plug".
 
I wonder if the husband's insurance was paying for any of this. That would certainly be ironic.
 
Good deal. she died years ago, and her corpse is costing the world a fortune to keep from rotting.

SHE IS DEAD, folks.
 
Larspeart said:
Good deal. she died years ago, and her corpse is costing the world a fortune to keep from rotting.

SHE IS DEAD, folks.
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She maybe gone mentally but her body is still alive and that is something you can hold on to.

It would be easier to miss someone and still be able to hug them than miss them and visit their grave.
 
She maybe gone mentally but her body is still alive and that is something you can hold on to.

It would be easier to miss someone and still be able to hug them than miss them and visit their grave.
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Jesus Christ, you make me sick.
 
Dorian Gray said:
Jesus Christ, you make me sick.
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I'm not certain of how severe this illness is that you apparently caught from the Messiah, but you'd better prepare a living will just in case.
 
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