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[anth_ah_knee]

Today was a bad day for America. Terri Shiavo passed away. We have allowed our courts to go too far this time. Although they use the rhetoric that this was the will of her husband and that the federal courts cannot circumvent the state courts, this inhumane act cannot be made humane. Murder is murder. Sanctioned or unsanctioned. My heart aches for

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[abstract_venus]

for once I totally agree with you on this political based entry. well, actually, I do not care for Bush at all--- and at first I thought well, yeah, let her die ...... but then I thought, wait, if someone I loved was in that position.. I would want to cling on to hope.. and we have technology now thats amazing. If it was a long time ago, she'd have been very dead , much sooner. Technology is amazing, and I'm sure somehow they could have got her back. At least she dosn't feel pain now, but it really is depressing that her life had to be put in a courtoom trial, which is absolutly unecessary. She wasn't a criminal. I can't believe how much my mind has changed since yesterday, like when I heard she was dead this morning, my opinion flip flopped so much.

Great written Anthony, you always write so well.

Talk to you later!

<3 ~ Mal

[nabuco]

I'm just goint to say that your entry is shit, and I didn't agree at all. If you want to see why, go to my LJ and find out. My original reply exceeded the 4300 character limit.

It's no longer Friends Only, so anyone can go see.

[anth_ah_knee]

I'm glad to see a bit of argument. I hope everyone has a chance to read Neil's entry also so you can see the viewpoint of a calm conservative and an angry liberal. Lol ;)

[nabuco]

Not an angry liberal, more like an angry perfectionist. I hate bad writing skills.

[anth_ah_knee]

I am not trying to argue, and I wish people wouldn't become so defensive. I have one question to ask to you and everyone else? Have you ever read the entire Declaration? Well I have and here is what it says, second paragraph:
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Now clearly I am not trying to make up something that they said, it's right there. I don't want anyone to think I'm pushing for the abolishing side, that would be much too ridiculous. However, alter the government is what we need to do. This shouldn't be about partisan politics. It should be all the people trying to make the government to actually be from them again.

[mannitheuncanny]

Your a Republican, I would have thought you would be for smaller government and higher state's rights. I will argue with you on the basis of legality, but not morality.

The state found that her husband has the right to decide what happened to her. That's that. End of story.

Also, President Bush or Jeb Bush could have easily ordered her feeding tube to be reinserted but they didn't. I'm sure the reason for this is more political than moral, seeing as I think something like 60% of Americans agreed with the husband.

Either way, my prayers are with her parents right now, but LEGALLY, I think every was fair.

Fuck

[mannitheuncanny]

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