[Gathnet] Judge Greer is right

[Stuart D. Gathman]

The Catholic Church is right.  The law in Florida is horribly unjust.  
The law clearly states that a legal guardian can put their charge to death
- provided only that they have been found beyond a reasonable doubt to be
in a Permanent Vegetative State.  While the Schindlers have made valiant
efforts to raise doubts, we will never be absolutely certain of a PVS
diagnosis.  The theory behind killing PVS patients may be ok, but there is
always the possibility that that person is still alive and aware, but
unable to communicate.

Withholding food and water from someone when that is all they require is
always wrong.  But Judge Greer is right.  The best way to get rid of a bad
law is to enforce it rigorously.  Michael clearly has the legal right in
Florida to murder his wife.  Does your state have laws allowing legal 
guardians to murder their disabled charges?

Don't get me wrong.  I believe Judge Greer's intentions are evil, or he 
would not have struck down the additions to Florida's PVS law.  The best 
thing that could come from Terri's death is for the Florida Legislature 
to repeal its PVS law, and only allow pulling the plug on patients who are 
actually braindead and on life support.  The Judge is going to look pretty 
silly/evil claiming that repealing a law is "unconstitutional".

I wish for all our sakes, they had done this 2 years ago, instead of 
attempting to extend the Governors veto power to executions of the 
innocent.

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	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
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