Life and Death
Am I the only person in this country tired of the Teri Schiavo case?
OK yeah, probably...
Call me evil, but after five days of coverage I was tired of hearing about it. Perhaps, it's because I sit here thinking to myself, that the matter of life and death is not in any person's hands. It's in a higher power. I don't care if you believe in god, goddesses, the supreme being or the sacred moo cow, it's not up to any of us who lives and who dies.
Yeah, I have my personal views on the matter. For the record, I don't think her feeding tube should be removed. It's not because I think it's murder, it's not because I don't believe her husband when he says it's her wish and it's not because I sympathize with the rest of her family. No, it's because I find it cruel to let anyone, brain dead or whatever to just starve to death. I don't know the facts and it's been said that it could take a week to four weeks for death to come. Under any circumstances, I don't think that's a solution. That's what sickens me. I'd wager there are a lot who agree with me. Not that I really care if anyone agrees or disagrees with me. I only state my view for my own personal understanding.
I don't know this family. I don't know her husband. I don't know anything other than what has been reported. I don't know if her husband is lying about her wishes. I just don't know. Without some kind of formal declaration of Ms. Schiavo's wishes, I just don't think one should end her life. We don't have that though. I don't understand what harm it would do if she was allowed to continue with her feeding tube. That is of course, unless her husband has no other motives other than his wife's expressed wishes. And in that case? Who are we to judge?
Blah Blah Blah... I know... that's been hashed over and over again. Really doesn't needed to be added to by anyone as uneducated on the matter as I. So, I'll stop.
I feel for this woman, I do. I feel for her entire family. The hell that they've all been going through is unfathomable. I wish that there was a just solution for everyone to this, but there isn't. No matter what is to happen, lives are changed forever. Not just this families, but potentially everyone's. The ramifacations of this heartbreaking story and what may or may not come of it, will effect something base in our society.
It's a battle of morals. Personal morals. Not a judge's, not a court's, not a government's. Not a nation's. This is a battle not waged against a husband, a family, a judge, a state or a nation. This is a battle with oneself. Only the individual can reconcile their beliefs whichever way they fall.
The battle seems to have long ago stopped being about Ms. Schiavo but rather what everyone believes on the case. It stopped being about the love and conviction of a family who believes she can be saved. It stopped being about a husband who claims that he only wants to give his wife the peace she desired. It's now some sort of polical or moral question posed to slew of people who should have no say in the matter. I don't understand it all.
The only person that should have to battle with this question is the one person who seemingly cannot reconcile their beliefs for themself. And even in that... we can not be sure.
OK yeah, probably...
Call me evil, but after five days of coverage I was tired of hearing about it. Perhaps, it's because I sit here thinking to myself, that the matter of life and death is not in any person's hands. It's in a higher power. I don't care if you believe in god, goddesses, the supreme being or the sacred moo cow, it's not up to any of us who lives and who dies.
Yeah, I have my personal views on the matter. For the record, I don't think her feeding tube should be removed. It's not because I think it's murder, it's not because I don't believe her husband when he says it's her wish and it's not because I sympathize with the rest of her family. No, it's because I find it cruel to let anyone, brain dead or whatever to just starve to death. I don't know the facts and it's been said that it could take a week to four weeks for death to come. Under any circumstances, I don't think that's a solution. That's what sickens me. I'd wager there are a lot who agree with me. Not that I really care if anyone agrees or disagrees with me. I only state my view for my own personal understanding.
I don't know this family. I don't know her husband. I don't know anything other than what has been reported. I don't know if her husband is lying about her wishes. I just don't know. Without some kind of formal declaration of Ms. Schiavo's wishes, I just don't think one should end her life. We don't have that though. I don't understand what harm it would do if she was allowed to continue with her feeding tube. That is of course, unless her husband has no other motives other than his wife's expressed wishes. And in that case? Who are we to judge?
Blah Blah Blah... I know... that's been hashed over and over again. Really doesn't needed to be added to by anyone as uneducated on the matter as I. So, I'll stop.
I feel for this woman, I do. I feel for her entire family. The hell that they've all been going through is unfathomable. I wish that there was a just solution for everyone to this, but there isn't. No matter what is to happen, lives are changed forever. Not just this families, but potentially everyone's. The ramifacations of this heartbreaking story and what may or may not come of it, will effect something base in our society.
It's a battle of morals. Personal morals. Not a judge's, not a court's, not a government's. Not a nation's. This is a battle not waged against a husband, a family, a judge, a state or a nation. This is a battle with oneself. Only the individual can reconcile their beliefs whichever way they fall.
The battle seems to have long ago stopped being about Ms. Schiavo but rather what everyone believes on the case. It stopped being about the love and conviction of a family who believes she can be saved. It stopped being about a husband who claims that he only wants to give his wife the peace she desired. It's now some sort of polical or moral question posed to slew of people who should have no say in the matter. I don't understand it all.
The only person that should have to battle with this question is the one person who seemingly cannot reconcile their beliefs for themself. And even in that... we can not be sure.