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   From: jenn@hmplc.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Michelle J. Haines  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > kathy@scconsult.com says...   
   > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:11:11 -0700, Michelle J. Haines   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Because it's always better to starve someone to death on no more   
   > > > than the say-so of someone who will gain financially and   
   > > > relationally by their death (gets to marry his new girlfriend).   
   > > >   
   > > > Always a good reason to have a living will in place.  Terry   
   > > > Schiavo's parents  are obviously being optimistic, but I also   
   > > > wouldn't want my husband to be able to kill me because he found   
   > > > me inconvenient.   
   > >   
   > > I think you're substantially exaggerating Terry's husband's sins in   
   > > that case, and substantially underestimating the irrationality of   
   > > the hope held by her parents, painful as this situation is for them.   
   >   
   > For a man who has money in a trust for her rehabilitation that she   
   > never received, who just had a baby with a new girlfriend, and   
   > suddenly it's time to end it all, even though she's been in this   
   > state for ten years?   
      
   the parents claim the money is all gone -- spent on legal fees   
      
   the husband tried all sorts of recommended therapy for years -- all of   
   it to no avail --   
   >   
   > He's been neglecting his wife, at best.   
      
   he hasn't had a wife for over a decade -- if she had been injured for a   
   year I might find your argument credible -- but there is ample evidence   
   that he very aggressively sought treatment and spent time trying to   
   bring her back for YEARS -- it is insane to think a man should remain   
   tied to someone incapable of any human relationship at all for over a   
   decade and that it is somehow negligent to find a new relationship   
   >   
   > And how about insisting her feeding tube is removed, but then not   
   > allowing her to be given communion, because she might choke?   
   >   
   > Her parents are probably way overstating her ability to recover and   
   > her recognition of her mother, but he's just as far over the edge the   
   > other direction, IMO.   
   >   
   > Michelle   
   > Flutist   
      
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