Whom the gods would destroy, they first send on Larry King Live.
Update: A law student friend mentions:
The transcript isn’t out yet, but Schiavo made an admission which seems to settle the issue in terms of Catholic bioethics, and should settle the matter in law. Even he admitted last night that there is not brain death. Until that happens, if it happens, his actions are objectively morally wrong, and there are no relevant issues in controversy.
Interesting – and typical.
On the radio this morning, they quoted Schiavo as saying the parents were fighting because he didn’t give them any of the money. No mention of the stuff that makes Schiavo look like a greedy, uncaring person.
I think the real problem is that the more slick euthansia experts have classified food and water and medical treatment. They did this because they knew Americans wouldn’t accept lethal injections but they would accept not pursuing medical treatment.
It kind of reminds me of the American Psychiatric Assoication deciding that it is only a mental illness if it bothers you.
Don’t forget though, that “brain dead” people are not dead, they’re ALIVE. Brain dead women have given birth to healthy children. Brain dead children grow. Brain dead men have been known to reach for the nurse who was preparing the “body” for heart retrieval; to be given to someone else. Brain dead people have been reported by the Journal of the American Medical Association as having “unexplained survival”. Twenty years ago, brain death meant a flatline EEG; no electrical activity. Now, who knows what the standards are. But we do know that paralytic drugs are given to organ donors so they won’t flinch when their hearts are cut out to give to another person. So the fact that Terri Schiavo isn’t “brain dead” just means she will not be murdered for her organs; yet. P.S. Don’t sign that donor card.