well, mag. i agree. but, then the conscince is
pricked, becouse they are actually doing the killing.
they think they are "just letting her die." if they
starve her. no difference actually.

--- Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Many people do not consider feeding tubes to be
> artificial means. I have
> met a few adults with cp who ate that way. It's just
> an alternate means of
> feeding. I agree however that Terri should die in
> peace, but I do not
> believe she should be starved for two weeks to do
> it, for heaven's sake,
> give her an injection.  I furthermore believe that
> even in marriage, if a
> spouse is suspected of foul play that the spouse
> should not have the right
> to terminate their partner, and this is what I think
> has happened in the
> Schiavo case.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Free our people! More than 250,000 people with
> disabilities
> throughout the USA say they want to move out of
> nursing homes.
> Please ask your Congressperson to vote FOR the
> MICASSA bill, this
> will allow medicaid funds to pay for community
> supports
> instead of isolating the person in a nursing home or
> institution.
> HR 910 is the bill number
> Senate version of MiCASSA (S 401).
>
> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with
> disabilities
> ~Tamar Mag Raine~
> [log in to unmask]
> IM: tamarmag48
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 3/23/2005 8:46:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: Terri Schiavo redux from Inclusion
> Daily Express
> >
> > I say let's let Terri die in peace.  The
> government has no business in
> > stepping into what is a family matter and the
> parents are not the ones to
> > make the decision - her husband is.    Her parents
> were not there in the
> > marriage, and her husband was.
> >
> > I myself have a living will and do not want to be
> kept alive by artificial
> > means.  Even if the doctors made a misdiagnosis,
> it's too late to do
> > anything about it, and the husband is not at
> fault.
> >
> > I watched both of my parents die agonising deaths
> and can say I definitely
> > would never want to be on a feeding tube or on an
> artificial resperator.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On Thursday 24 March 2005 2:04 am, Dave at
> Inclusion Daily Express wrote:
> > > From Inclusion Daily Express International
> Disability Rights News
> Service
>



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