I swear to Goddess, if I live to be 100...

[themostepotente]

I will never understand how some people think. Has anyone been following the Terri Schiavo case?

For those of you that haven't the slightest clue as to what I'm talking about, here's a brief synopsis.

Terri Schiavo has been, and I quote, in a 'persistive vegetative state' for FIFTEEN years, and her poor husband who just wants to move on has been given shit in large doses for wanting to end her suffering. And now there's this big brouhaha over reinserting her feeding tube.

This woman is not going to just to snap out of it. She ain't getting better.

Fifteen years? How is relying on a feeding tube considered 'living?' Where is the fucking 'quality of life' these assholes protest in favor of by taping the word 'LIFE' over their mouths?

Oh, this fucking pisses me off. The staunch Republicans would have us live in the fucking stone age, I swear.

--P

Comments

[tiranog.livejournal.com]

Yes, everything you hear about this case is so heart-breaking. I feel for everyone involved with it. It's got to be awful seeing her like that and knowing she'd want to pass on, but it's got to be just as bad to watch her starve to death. It's a really strange world where we have more compassion concerning the suffering involved in the deaths of our pets than we do with human beings. Sigh. Cheers.

[persephone-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The only reason I can give for the "caring more about our pets" thing is that I'd venture to say few of us know this woman personally. But yes, we can appreciate this case isn't a happy one, and no matter what happens, someone's going to end up emotionally hurt. I'd say that's life, but I seriously doubt anyone needs to be reminded of that.