Thursday, March 31, 2005
A Word About Terri
I was originally going to write this post as a complaint of how the media was making a circus out of Terri Schiavo's plight, however, just as I began to type my first sentence, I learned that Terri had passed away only moments ago. I can only hope that, now that this saga has come to it's end, Terri and her family can finally be left to the privacy of their own lives.
I will keep this brief, because my main point here is that we should mind our own business.
Over the past two weeks, I have been absolutely sickened by the behavior of the media and some politicians, including congress and President Bush. Their actions may not have been unconstitutional like the passing of "Terri's Law" by the Florida Legislature and Governor Jeb Bush back in 2003, but they were just as intrusive.
Maybe for once my friends will believe me that I am indeed a non-partisan or not a sterotypical "fanatical right-wing Christian" when I say that I feel the media, Congress, and the President overstepped their boundaries when they invited themselves to Terri's bedside. Passing a bill from one day to another, in an attempt to change the decision of a federal court is not only a cheap tactic to further ones own goals, but goes against everything our Founding Fathers had in mind
for our nation.
Terri was robbed of the dignity and privacy that she deserved. The bottom line is that this was a private family matter that should never have become the spectacle that it did. Terri's family, her husband and parents, were used as pawns by right-to-live and right-to-die groups to further their own causes. They were used by politicians in an attempt to earn more votes. They were used by the President in an attempt to impose his beliefs upon an indifferent public. They were used by the media to increase ratings and viewership, and that in of itself is upsetting but not unexpected from this reality-TV generation.
Terri had the right to die, maybe not the way she ultimately did, but she had the right to do so in peace and privacy. Yes, I feel she had the right to die. For those that may feel that their protests to keep Terri alive were done in God's Will should keep in mind that it was human intervention and modern medicine, not an act of God, that kept Terri alive for as long as it did. She had the right to die back in 1990, and she had the right to die now, 15 years later.
Maybe now that she has passed on, we can mind our own business and finally let Terri rest in peace.
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I will keep this brief, because my main point here is that we should mind our own business.
Over the past two weeks, I have been absolutely sickened by the behavior of the media and some politicians, including congress and President Bush. Their actions may not have been unconstitutional like the passing of "Terri's Law" by the Florida Legislature and Governor Jeb Bush back in 2003, but they were just as intrusive.
Maybe for once my friends will believe me that I am indeed a non-partisan or not a sterotypical "fanatical right-wing Christian" when I say that I feel the media, Congress, and the President overstepped their boundaries when they invited themselves to Terri's bedside. Passing a bill from one day to another, in an attempt to change the decision of a federal court is not only a cheap tactic to further ones own goals, but goes against everything our Founding Fathers had in mind
for our nation.
Terri was robbed of the dignity and privacy that she deserved. The bottom line is that this was a private family matter that should never have become the spectacle that it did. Terri's family, her husband and parents, were used as pawns by right-to-live and right-to-die groups to further their own causes. They were used by politicians in an attempt to earn more votes. They were used by the President in an attempt to impose his beliefs upon an indifferent public. They were used by the media to increase ratings and viewership, and that in of itself is upsetting but not unexpected from this reality-TV generation.
Terri had the right to die, maybe not the way she ultimately did, but she had the right to do so in peace and privacy. Yes, I feel she had the right to die. For those that may feel that their protests to keep Terri alive were done in God's Will should keep in mind that it was human intervention and modern medicine, not an act of God, that kept Terri alive for as long as it did. She had the right to die back in 1990, and she had the right to die now, 15 years later.
Maybe now that she has passed on, we can mind our own business and finally let Terri rest in peace.
A Word About Terri posted @ 12:06 PM :: 
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