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To: Road Walker who wrote (224905)	3/18/2005 7:50:35 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1572202

>Amy, Ted, Ten, all you folks are enjoying the spectacle. Reminisent of the Romans with their gladiators. You ought to be ashamed. I've been trying to avoid it... for YEARS. -Z

To: Road Walker who wrote (224905)	3/18/2005 8:04:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572202

Amy, Ted, Ten, all you folks are enjoying the spectacle. Reminisent of the Romans with their gladiators. You ought to be ashamed. Excuse me. I am hardly "enjoying the spectacle". In fact, I am disgusted, and until today, had avoided the subject. Its the intervention of Congress into "the spectacle", as you put it, that has me upset. I am incensed that they would pull such a stunt just as she was to be taken off life support. Every American should be furious as well. ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (224905)	3/18/2005 8:30:55 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572202

JF, All the courts have sided with the husband, are they in error? The courts also sided with O.J. and Robert Blake. Legally, you're not guilty unless the guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Amy, Ted, Ten, all you folks are enjoying the spectacle. Do you feel better when you pretend to be the only one who's horrified by this case? Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (224905)	3/18/2005 9:01:41 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572202

RE: "Amy, Ted, Ten, all you folks are enjoying the spectacle. Reminisent of the Romans with their gladiators. You ought to be ashamed. John" Maybe you should be ashamed for wrongly assuming the matter should be left up to her so-called family. This case illustrates a lot of issues that need to be discussed, not ignored. I had a Dad on life support. It certainly wasn't easy for him or my Mom. And his recovery still isn't. These are issues that need to be addressed publically. Shame on you for ignoring these issues. Would have thought you'd be the type to want to have public awareness for such things. More often than not, the wife doesn't want to be on life support. You need to allow a public discussion of this, so women across the US can learn from it. There are a lot of hard issues here that need to be discussed - is it cruel to make your husband remain essentially unmarried while you are in a vegatation state in a hospital for 15 solid years, should we as woman make a will that gives the husband the freedom of peace to move on? Or, should a woman make someone else inherit her estate if he runs off with another woman while she's in the hospital? Where do women draw the line between getting the compassion needed while not ruining your husband's entire life? Additionally, she had a low potassium level that apparently got her into trouble, something that I've had by eating too many vegies rather than fruits. Back off for a moment, and let women learn about this case. I'm actually affended you think so little of life support and what it means to a family, that you don't encourage more discussion of it. Let people discuss this case. Let them have opinions. We all can learn from it. Regards, Amy J

To: Road Walker who wrote (224905)	3/19/2005 3:36:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572202

It's the ultimate "reality show", and the winner gets to decide if this unfortuate woman lives or dies. It's a clear demonstration that we have lost all sense of humanity, and traded it in for politics. I have hesitated to say this........but putting your head in the sand and ignoring it just does not seem like a reasonable solution to me. I don't see this as a reality show as you suggest but just one more instance where the right is trying to abridge and limit our lives. The interference of dummcopf delay simply worsens this travesty of justice. Whether its overturning Roe vs Wade, restricting the performance of cheerleaders, turning superbowl into a military salute or preventing a husband from turning off the switch to his wife who has become a vegetable, these issues IMO can not be ignored. To do so, I believe, is at our own peril. ted