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March 25, 2005
Schindler's List
At Mere Comments, James M. Kushiner absolutely nails the crux of the matter. The media can be studied later. We can talk later about how we got here and the problems with marriage laws and medical ethics.
It is a day in which judgments are made, but they are not always as they appear. In the Terri Schiavo case, while it is about her, and her parents, it is also about much more. It is about a culture of death and a culture of life. Can a society that is expanding the "right to die" while at the same time restricting the "right to life" be anything other than a culture of death?I think it is ultimately a contest between two views. One says that life is a Gift from God, the other that it is not and it is for us to decide by our own lights what to do with life. It is ours to manipulate, ours to end when we want to, ours to create for experimental purposes, in short there is no Divine mystery to Life before which we must in all humility bow.
Posted by Matt at March 25, 2005 11:23 AM
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I think this language is the exact opposite of what we need. This is about differing views of the science of the matter. Those who see Terri as having awareness and not being in a PVS fight for her to live. Those who blindly trust the science and accept the courts judgments say that the husband has a right to allow her to die. (as cruel and disheatening as that is).
I have spoken with close to 100 people at my work and every one say that if she is in any way conscious then she should be cared for BUT at the same time very few believe she has any chance of recovery or eventual awareness. NO ONE IS SAYING HER LIFE ISN"T VALUABLE. This is terrible straw man rhetoric that does not help our nation make its way through an issue that faces us all.
Posted by: brad at March 25, 2005 12:34 PM
They are saying, that if she does not have consciousness, she does not deserve to live. Thus life is how WE define it, not how GOD defines it. PVS is a human construct. The same logic is used to justify abortion. This is not a straw-man....its the crux of the issue.
Posted by: fdr at March 26, 2005 10:44 AM
What's taking place in Florida and the orchestrated backing of the media strike me as ominous. To be clear, I do see signs of a "culture of death," inaugurated by the progressive acceptance of abortion on demand.
The "right-to-die" movement could pose a genuine threat. If so, there's been a clumsiness to the choice of Terri Schiavo as their "test case." The whole thing has been a bungled mess from start to finish, only sustained by judicial arrogance.
Let's hope they've overplayed their hand, i.e., if what's alleged regarding physical injuries due to abuse, the silenced witnesses who are finally heard, the outrage at the discovery of what's occurred--too late. The public can be fooled, misled, propagandized, and wake up only belatedly to the truth of what's been allowed to happen. But then, watch out! There's a smoldering anger over what has happened to this country that's been recently identified by Peggy Noonan. I don't expect people to remain complacent forever.
Posted by: RLG at March 26, 2005 10:30 PM