IT JUST HURTS ME THAT MICHAEL SHIAVO IS GOING TO GET
HIS WAY. I GET SO TIRED OF HEARING IT, SOMETIMES I JUST
HAVE TO EXPRESS MYSELF.
"EXPERTS" NOW SAY THAT IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE TERRI
IS NO MORE. THE FEEDING TUBE HAS BEEN OUT TOO LONG,
AND SHE WILL NOT MAKE IT BACK FROM SUCH EXTREME
DEHYDRATION.
WELL, I HOPE THAT HER HUSBAND IS HAPPY. YA KNOW, EVEN IF
SHE DID EXPRESS THE WISH THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
KEPT ALIVE BY MACHINES, A WOMAN WHO CAN STILL BREATHE
ON HER OWN, WHO REQUIRES NOTHING MORE THAN FOOD AND
WATER IS NOT ON LIFE SUPPORT! I DON'T BELIEVE FOR A
MINUTE THAT SHE SAID, "HONEY, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO
DO IS TO STARVE TO DEATH OR DIE OF THIRST".
I STILL SAY THAT HE HAS BEEN SPLITTING HAIRS TO GET
HIS OWN WAY, BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A SLIME-
BALL WHO IS LIVING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, AND HAS HAD
TWO KIDS BY HER, WHILE HIS WIFE IS STILL ALIVE?
DON'T YOU THINK THAT THIS SETS A RATHER DANGEROUS
PRECEDENT? HERE IS A MAN WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS A STRONG
MOTIVE TO BE FREE OF A WOMAN WHOM CAN NO LONGER BE
OF ANY USE TO HIM,SO HE IS ALLOWED TO KILL HER. LEGALLY!
LOOK OUT PEOPLE! WRITE OUT THAT LIVING WILL, AND GIVE IT
TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW YOU CAN TRUST, OR THE NEXT LEGAL
HIT MIGHT BE YOU!
ALL ALONG I HAVE BEEN PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD BRING
TERRI OUT OF HER "VEGETATIVE STATE", DEMANDING WATER
AND FOOD, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
YET, IT COULD SERVE A PURPOSE, ANYWAY. THIS MIGHT BE
GOD'S HEADS UP, THAT POTENTIAL SPOUSES SHOULD BE LOOKED
AT A BIT MORE CLOSELY, AND ALL THOSE SENSITIVE TALKS
THAT WE NORMALLY SHY AWAY FROM, BECAUSE"THEY AREN'T
ROMANTIC" SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT IN DEPTH FROM THE
GET-GO. BEFORE WE PLACE OUR LIVES IN THE HANDS OF THE
VERY PEOPLE WHO SOMEDAY MIGHT DECIDE THAT KEEPING
US ALIVE IS JUST MORE TROUBLE THAN IT IS WORTH, AND
WANT TO DO AWAY WITH US, OR" PULL A SHIAVO".
I'VE EVEN HEARD IT EXPRESSED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD
KNOW BETTER. THEY SAY,"THIS SHOULD BE A PERSONAL
MATTER."
NONSENSE!
WHEN A PERSONS LIFE IS THREATENED, IT SHOULD BE
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD?
GET INVOLVED?
I HOPE THE WOMAN HE IS WITH NOW IS PAYING ATTENTION,
AND REALIZES WHAT SHE MIGHT BE UP AGAINST SOMEDAY
WHEN SHE IS OLD, OR SICK, OR UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE
HER WANTS AND NEEDS...AND SHOULD IT COME ABOUT, I
FEEL REAL SORRY FOR HER.
OUI?
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