Reply #123: Nobody Won, DemGurl [View All]

[iamjoy]

Michael Schiavo didn't win. After everything he's been through to carry out what he believes were Terri's wishes, it seems odd to say he won.

Certainly the Schindlers didn't win.

The Republicans didn't win, but the Democrats didn't either. The Republicans looked hypocritcal and overreaching. The Democrats looked weak and unable to take a stand (this isn't completely true, but the "Liberal Media" has said it so much many people believe it).

The so-called Pro-Lifers showed just how fanatical they can be, but we can hardly say the Death With Dignity cause was advanced by this.

And Terri didn't really win either, because here was this woman who by all accounts was modest and shy and look at all the fuss about her, including those pictures of her being shown.

But if you must say who won, perhaps it is, well, US. Not Liberals, but all of us. More and more people have had conversations with their family about what they would want done in such a situation. Many have had living wills drawn. I have told my family that if there is ever dispute about my chances for recovery and "pulling the plug" or not - if they can not reach an amicable agreement amongst themselves...the last thing they should do is turn me into a political football and put pictures of me when I'm sick all over the news. Of course, if the government or hospital is saying to let me die and my family doesn't want it, they can fight it with everything they've got.