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...It was understanding that people had conflicting thoughts about Schiavo and hesitated to take sides. I relate to those who wanted Schiavo to live because of her family's grief and the belief that she might be helped by advances in medical science. Harder to comprehend was the passion of some who were eager for her death. Without a living will as proof of Schiavo's desires and in light of her parents' willingness to take full responsibility for her, should the life-or-death decision have been left to a husband who had moved on and started...
...ironic that so many Americans tore themselves apart over the death of Schiavo but had no qualms about sending thousands of able-bodied young men and women off to Iraq to kill and be killed in a needless...
...political hypocrisy in the Schiavo case was appalling. How many of those politicians and "right-to-lifers" who worked themselves into such a lather over this matter have also supported the death penalty or actually signed a death warrant? Those people are obnoxious...
...death and resurrection of Christ were meant to show us that death has no power, that the soul lives eternally while the body serves only as a container. Removing Schiavo's feeding tube was not cruel or disrespectful of life. On the contrary, the real cruelty was keeping her shell alive and not allowing her to be at peace with God. It is agonizing to have to let go of a loved one, but as God showed us through the sacrifice of his son, it is the greatest love...
Although the Schiavo case was tragic, the reality is that life-and-death decisions are made every day around the country. That this situation rose to such notoriety was shameful for everyone involved. The folks on both sides of the bitter controversy should cease all their ax grinding and let Terri rest in peace...