The Schiavo issue

[tikiboy]

This is a gut wrenching case for sure.

The problem is that I don't see providing nutrition as being "extraordinary" for keeping a person alive.

I become very afraid when people think that they can determine when other people's lives should end, based solely on what they think. It already happens now with the unborn, and it's starting to happen to the elderly. How many more years will it be before we become so sterilized that anyone with a serious medical affliction will be "put down for their own good," but really so society doesn't have to deal with them?

I do understand the concept of a living will. I'm not ignoring that, but to say the equate feeding someone with "extreme measures" is baffling to me. It's just another example of how human life is being cheapened by the day.

As a side note, folks above brought up the fact that since Mrs. Shiavo is Catholic, she can't get a divorce. Untrue. Any Catholic can get a divorce, they just can't remarry.

[Claire]

Originally Posted by tikiboy

This is a gut wrenching case for sure.

The problem is that I don't see providing nutrition as being "extraordinary" for keeping a person alive.

Florida law disagrees with you. In Florida, feeding and hudration tubes are extraordinary measures.

I think that people should be concentrating on changing that law if that's what they're really upset about. I know it's just one of many many issues that people are upset about, but that law could certainly be looked at.

tikiboy, I understand your gut reaction to the case....it's totally heartbreaking.