And because this is the "real" news on the matter -

[kyburg]

The Teri Schiavo autopsy results are in.

And her husband did his duty by her.

And the so-called "pro-life" activists? *waves red flag of personal opinion*

They have a long way to go before they can convince me that their "activism" isn't smoke from another fire - it appears to have little to do with "life" or dealing with the hard realities of end-of-life issues. There are worse things than being alive, if you truly believe in any kind of afterlife.

This was one of them. Thank God it's over.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/little_e_/]

yeah, i don't get people. what, micheal schaivo isn't allowed to have a family, to fall in love and be loved for the rest of his fucking life because the woman he married still has a brain stem?

I tend to think that anyone who complains that other people should lead empty, loveless lives or else they are evil bad people are creepy. i mean, hell. my father's been disabled (terminal disease) for about ten years now, and i would support my mother if she went out and had an affair--and my father can still talk to people. He's a lovely person, but he's not a *husband* to her, (much less a father to me) he's more like a little brother who's not quite potty trained and can barely walk. I love both of my parents deeply, but I don't think they should have to live like this--and I think micheal's case is orders upon orders of magnitude more clear-cut.

the woman was brain dead. it was time to pull the plug and let him and make the family move on a decade ago.

[religioushoax.livejournal.com]

amen to that. people become so controlling over people they don't even know. here's a novel idea - try living your OWN life and let them live theirs, k? i've made my family well aware that i'm an organ donor and i don't want to "live" as a vegetable. pull the plug. i told rick that should he go against my wishes, because i designated him in my living will as my medical power of attorney, that i will come back and make his life hell :) i still think it's wrong that in some states, like ohio, that families can override such things as a person's decision to be an organ donor. thankfully i know my parents wouldn't because they are organ donors themselves and believe in letting go.

[dwinghy.livejournal.com]

I tend to think that anyone who complains that other people should lead empty, loveless lives or else they are evil bad people are creepy.

It's not so much, I think, of them being creepy as them just wanting everyone else to be as miserable as they are themselves. Misery loves company and all that.