Put Terry Shiavo to rest. Figuratively and literally.
I have no idea what this family is going thru. I've never had to experience something like this in my life. I hope I never do. It's amazing the turn of events that have developed around this case.
A case like Terry's happens every other day. Why is she getting so much media attention? It has been blown so completely out of proportion that you could go to any open forum and find 50 threads on this issue alone. And everyone with an agenda is blaming the whole matter on one "evil" group or another.
The ultra-christians are blaming the "leftists" for their lack of compassion. The "liberals" are blaming the "christo-fascists" for their willingness to allow federal intervention into a completely personal and private matter. Everybody but the fundamentalists are decrying the federal government's intervention - and rightly so. Hell, I've seen "feminists" blaming a male-centric culture of control over women that has permeated every facet of life being at the core of this issue!
It's absolutely frickin' crazy. I'm glad I can find myself completely outside the storm this has created. This may sound callous, but I really don't care one way or the other what happens to Terry. It's none of my business. Like I said, this happens all the time. If people were as passionate about every similar instance, they'd all end up basket cases. Not unlike Terry.
People need to chill and leave this family alone. Nothing anyone - not even the Federal Government - can do will change this woman's fate. So, please, give it a rest.
http://meteor-blades.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/20/23916/5653
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4368055.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4358877.stm
posted by Brian @ 6:43 PM
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Ultra-Christians have nothing better to do. Honestly. Did you read how, when the courts decided that her husband had the right to take her off the feeding tube, that the Bush administration released a statement saying that verdict was not one that they would have liked? I don't even want to get into it but sometimes these people do things and cling to beliefs that don't make sense. And all this media attention can't be helping the people who are already going through the emotional distress of the situation. There are way too many things that are none of people's business that just get invaded upon. There should be another party that argues that everyone should shut the fuck up and stop acting like they have any business in other people's personal affairs. We'll be the Ultra-Shut-the-Fuck-Ups and we'll sit far away from the left and the right, somewhere in the back of the bus, next to the black people and the gays.
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