[Apologetics] Re: Life Support

[Art Kelly]

If the Florida law permits ANYONE, regarless of their
mental state, to be starved to death, then it is a
totally unjust law!!!

While there was still time, the Legislature--or the
U.S. Congress--should have passed a law clearly
stating that NO ONE could ever, under any
circumstances, have food or water withheld from
them!!!

Art

--- "Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart at bmsi.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Dianne Dawson wrote:
> 
> > Nutrition and hydration is NOT life support.  From
> the e-mails it seems that
> > we all agree on that.
> 
> Yes.  However, Florida law allows the legal guardian
> to withhold food and
> water from a PVS patient.  So, if Terri is indeed
> PVS, then Michael is
> within his legal rights to starve her to death.  
> 
> However, there is a lot of evidence that Terri is in
> MCS, rather than PVS.
> But the judge has refused to consider that.  There
> have been no further
> tests in 12 years, just lawyers.
> 
> > When are the courts going to get it?  When are
> they going to quit running
> > amok and start using common sense in conjunction
> with the laws?  It seems
> 
> The courts *do* get it.  The plan is to take over
> America by means of the
> Judiciary.  We've come a long way since Andrew
> Jackson is reported to have
> said, "The Justice has made his decision, now let
> him enforce it."  (Too bad
> Jackson was in the wrong that time - it was the
> trail of tears.)  Now
> elected officials are in awe of judges.  Today
> Judges, not leglislators,
> write the laws.
> 
> > that our courts are the modern day Pharisees -
> obeying the letter of the law
> > with no regard for the spirit of the law.
> 
> It would be an improvement if they obeyed the letter
> of the law.  
> They keep finding horrors like abortion in the
> "penumbras" of the law.
> 
> -- 
> 	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
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