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I completely feel for you, and I think I know where you're coming from. It has been completely heartbreaking, especially that people have had to confront what they see as being kinder to the individual, and when they disagree, people don't always use the nicest terms, since they're indirectly channelling their anger at the situation toward the other person.EEWRED said:My previous comment was probably a little to harsh. I am sorry. I have hated this whole thing. I hate death and I hate suffering, and to see a young women go through both, has been heartbreaking.
The Voice of Reason said:It is a shame that any of us ever have to lose someone that we love, under any circumstances. To have to lose a family member under the scrutiny of this media circus is unfathomable. Hopefully, we can learn from this sham of a situation, and we can all move on.
TVOR
No*s, I have to disagree with you here. This would not be an issue with the media if it were not a political issue. It is interesting to note that the elected officials acted #1 against the will of the people - more people in America supported the removal of the tube because they value liberty and #2 against the rule of law. The policians who ruthlessly, heartlessly, relentlessly, and selfishly battled to keep Terri alive artifically and against her will both abused their power in their actions and trampled on Terri's human dignity.No*s said:I agree with you. The media who took pictures the whole time and pestered the family is far, far more shameful than any of the political actions taken to take advantage of it. With the media, we had corporations funded by almost the whole nation's interest in a dying woman's suffering .
Sadly, even posting this thread makes me part of the problem, but it adds closure to the whole situation.
angellous_evangellous said:No*s, I have to disagree with you here. This would not be an issue with the media if it were not a political issue. It is interesting to note that the elected officials acted #1 against the will of the people - more people in America supported the removal of the tube because they value liberty and #2 against the rule of law. The policians who ruthlessly, heartlessly, relentlessly, and selfishly battled to keep Terri alive artifically and against her will both abused their power in their actions and trampled on Terri's human dignity.
I am outraged and disguisted that the Christians who were so emotionally distraught at the thought of the removal of the tube are now happy that Terri is dead. What a dispicable response. They mourned when Terri's fate was in the court, and mourn not when she is actually dead. Jesus wept profusely at the death of Lazarus - he did not take death lightly.
Happy at death, and yet unwilling to allow that death to be with dignity, and with the political ambition to make everyone in America suffer the same fate. No care for quality of life, only the symbol of a dilapitated human hanging on a thread.
Yes, the two do seem to feed one another. I am viewing it from long and short-term damage to American liberty, which is the aim of the politicians.No*s said:This is something, again, that I differ on. I don't think we can separate the media from the politicians here. Again, there would be no political problem if there weren't a media problem, and so the media problem and the American people's feeding frenzy on it each have their fair share of responsibility in everything that has transpired, including the political problems.