I’ve been trying to suppress this feeling, but I can’t stand the thought of Terri Schiavo lying in that bed slowly dying, while people who love her can only watch. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!! Her mother is watching her child die. I just saw a video clip of Terri’s mother standing over her touching the face of her starving daughter. But I take comfort in knowing there will be an accounting for this.
Commenting is closed because I don’t want or need opinions right now. Trackbacking is enabled, though. I encourage Christian bloggers to trackback to this post. (Non-Christian bloggers may trackback, too.) Give us some words of comfort, something I’m unable to provide at the moment.
And pray.
Afterthought: I wonder how much jail time you’d get for deliberately starving your dog.
After-Afterthought: But that’s “unrelated” to the deliberate starvation of a human being, I suppose.
More thoughts: I’ve been snapping at people today. Only one person really deserved it (obsessed troll); the rest didn’t. I apologize. Just tired.
Update (3/23): The Schindler’s appeal to the 11th Circuit was denied this morning. The court said they “failed to demonstrate a substantial case on the merits of any of their claims.” Here’s a PDF copy of the ruling.
Interesting story from the Washington Times:
As in most culture war issues, the battle over Terri Schiavo’s life has attracted an outpouring from an army of traditional values, pro-life, conservative and religious groups.But there is virtual silence from many of their usual adversaries: The National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America and other major pro-choice and feminist groups don’t mention the brain-damaged Florida woman on their Web sites. Neither does Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the National Council of Churches or the National Coalition for Domestic Violence (NCDV), even though these groups often lock horns with some of the organizations defending Mrs. Schiavo’s right to life
Update: Read about a formerly comatose woman who felt hunger pangs after her feeding tube was removed.
Blessed Are They That Mourn
I feel the same as La Shawn in regards to Terri Schiavo. Sometimes the thought of what is going on (and that some feel this is right), makes my stomach turn. When it becomes to much to think about, I grab my scriptures and look to my Savior, Jesus Ch…
Trackback by The Other Point Of View — 03.22.05 @ 6:30 pm
Terri Shiavo
I’m just too horrified by the sight of fellow Americans fighting and struggling to end the life of a helpless woman. It’s not just a matter of differing opinions, which I could countenance, but an active struggle to see someone die. How can that happ…
Trackback by Doc Rampage — 03.22.05 @ 7:04 pm
OY, O Land
Lamentations 4 & 5 (excerpts)
How dark the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are poured out
At the corner of every street.
Even Jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people…
Trackback by Myopic Zeal — 03.22.05 @ 7:07 pm
Preparation for Easter
As I stated in my previous post, I’m not the “perfect Christian”. However, all the bad news lately has inspired me to dust off my Bible.
John 11:25 “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;…
Trackback by blogical conclusions — 03.22.05 @ 7:39 pm
Terri Schiavo
I haven’t really given my opinion on Terri Schiavo, but I see many other in the blogosphere are. La Shawn Barber makes an insightful post (that makes you think) that she can’t keep Terri off her mind. I can’t stop…
Trackback by The Political Teen — 03.22.05 @ 8:39 pm
Schiavo Sadness
The Terri Schiavo story has bothered me a lot. Not that i thought about it a lot, but often as the topic is brought up on TV and online. Earlier, it motivated me to write this. I intentially didn’t comment on the matter; and i don’t intend to toda…
Trackback by The Robinson House — 03.22.05 @ 8:47 pm
Experts vs. People
“Even when the EXPERTS all agree, they may well be mistaken.†— Bertrand Russell
The guy on the street is often wrong about general principles of his environment. In other words, when a non-expert pontificates about the weather, the human bra…
Trackback by Hennessy's View — 03.22.05 @ 8:51 pm
Nifty Last Request
All this talk about Terri Schiavo has highlighted the importance of people having their last requests known so that informed decisions can be made with regard to their health care. I have said a number of times that it is important for people to have …
Trackback by BIG DOG's WEBLOG — 03.22.05 @ 9:00 pm
Terri Schiavo- The Pawn In The Game
Over the last couple of days, I’ve done a lot of thinking and research about the whole Shiavo/Schindler mess, and I believe I’ve arrived at my final analysis. Here are the finer points: Terry is not on life support. This simple fact happens to be th…
Trackback by Alternaview — 03.22.05 @ 9:18 pm
They Just Had to Drag the Catholics Into This
Well, of course that puts things back in the hands of your buddy Darth Dubya, Red Staters. Perhaps you should get the President on the blower and cut a deal that he will agree to pardon Michael Schiavo and make him Secretary of Cutting People Off or …
Trackback by Axinar's — 03.22.05 @ 9:22 pm
Stand to Reason Speaks Out
If you are a Christian and ever wonder how to debate difficult topics with those who don’t share your worldview, check out Stand To Reason Minstires. You can link to it from my page. I am pointing you the their blog so you can see what they have to sa…
Trackback by Reformed Politics — 03.22.05 @ 9:56 pm
Terri Schiavo Linkagery
There’s so much I want to say about the Schiavo case yet most of it is… shall we say… better left unsaid.
Trackback by Brutally Honest — 03.22.05 @ 10:19 pm
A Higher Law; A Second Chance
An innocent woman is being killed. Right now. And we’re all implicated. All I can feel is deep sadness. I have two young daughters; I can scarcely imagine what Terri’s parents must be going through… I am equally disturbed by the arrest of Lana Jaco…
Trackback by Kobayashi Maru — 03.22.05 @ 11:15 pm
Terri Schiavo Blog Round Up.
Voices speaking for one that is silenced. - First note. The photo. It’s a victim of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany where starvation was routinely used to eliminate people that Hitler and his government viewed as not worth living. You
Trackback by The Great Separation — 03.23.05 @ 12:23 am
Blogging for Terri: Just Awful!
I might as well tell you folks. I went off of my fast yesterday evening. I had to; I have family obligations and I was shaking and exhausted to continue. To top it all, my heart became irregular and I had to see my doctor yesterday morning.
Trackback by Daily Inklings — 03.23.05 @ 12:35 am
The Shock of Reality
Where to begin? After the middle of the night decision handed down by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals I feel as though I have been kicked in the stomach by a mule.
Although the Schindlers plan to appeal, my hope is fading fast that Terri’s life …
Trackback by Oh How I Love Jesus — 03.23.05 @ 7:42 am
Just A Few Thoughts
There really is other news out there other than Terri Schiavo, but I just can’t bring myself to focus on it today. I feel the clock ticking for her and can only begin to imagine what her parents are going through.
Isn’t the starving and dehyd…
Trackback by PoliPundit.com — 03.23.05 @ 8:34 am
Denied in the overnight hours
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals here in Atlanta denied the appellate motion brought by the parents of Terri Schiavo in a 2-1 decision handed down in the wee hours this morning.In a 2-1 ruling early Wednesday, a panel of…
Trackback by Ramblings' Journal — 03.23.05 @ 8:44 am
As Terri Lies Dying
Others are blogging far more effectively on this issue (Michelle Malkin and La Shawn Barber to name two), but Charles Krauthammer, who knows a great deal about quality of life issues, has an excellent column summing up this tragic horror: The problem i…
Trackback by MartiniPundit — 03.23.05 @ 9:11 am
To help live or let die
But the fact that Schiavo’s fate has rested in the hands of a man who is her husband in title only is both mystifying and maddening. If we resolve nothing else, some of our energy will be well spent examining the criteria used to determine who is best…
Trackback by Reformed Politics — 03.23.05 @ 10:33 am
Kate Adamson’s Story
If you haven’t read Kate’s story, you should.
Here she is.
Kate Adamson is the mother of two who suffered a double brain stem stroke and was in a coma for 70 days. She was completely unresponsive to stimuli and was diagnosed as being in a p…
Trackback by Myopic Zeal — 03.23.05 @ 10:52 am
A thought on Terri and a prayer….
I can’t even begin to describe the immense sadness I feel watching Terri slowly wither away. I can’t even begin to fathom how anyone, much less Terri’s husband, can claim this is what Terri wanted. I can’t even begin to comprehend the double standa…
Trackback by The Things We Say But Don't Do — 03.23.05 @ 12:51 pm
Terri Schiavo in Overtime
I was tempted to call this post Sudden Death Overtime, but that would have been in bad taste. And when even Protein Wisdom seems to be showing some taste when it comes to the Terri Schiavo case, I figure…
Trackback by Who Can Really Say? — 03.23.05 @ 8:11 pm
‘Distressed’ Posted by La Shawn Barber
03.22.05
Distressed
I?ve been trying to suppress this feeling, but I can?t stand the thought of Terri Schiavo lying in that bed slowly dying, while people who love her can only watch. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!! Her mother is watching her child di
Trackback by biblegeek.blog-city.com — 03.24.05 @ 6:15 am
A rare serious post
I am afraid for a society where one human can determine whether another human’s life is worth living or not. God set up the institution of government, the duties of which are outlined specifically in Romans, Proverbs, and other Scriptures. The purpose…
Trackback by Ramble Strip — 03.25.05 @ 11:31 pm
Terri Schiavo
Originally from my old blog, but was not viewable….
Trackback by The Political Teen — 03.26.05 @ 9:15 pm