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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (40549)	4/3/2005 1:36:51 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

What the courts found was not just that the husband heard Terri say she didn't want to live in such circumstances, but that other family members and friends heard her as well. Each court which reviewed the evidence ruled that Terri's wishes were to end her life if she were in such a state. Again, the Pope appears to have made his wishes known to his advisors That is the point. When the Pope tells those close to him of his wishes, they're carried out. When Terri does it, her wishes are ignored. In fact, there is more documented evidence that Terri left end-of-life instructions than the Pope. So, why were her wishes ignored? So the Republicans can use her as a political football. The ultimate irony is that the Pope did not have feeding tubes stuck down his throat in his final hours, against his wishes, after his comments on how Terri should be kept alive. As far as the Catholic Church, I've seen enough personal evidence of its shortcomings to last a lifetime. Priests who carry on affairs with married parishioners (the priest who performed my first wedding left the Church for such a reason). Priests who you don't want to leave your young boys with (fortunately I have no direct experience with that). Priests who explain in great detail how a sufficiently sized gift to the Church will expedite and influence a petition for annulment (one I did witness personally). Does it go to the top? Evidence is that there was a great deal of pedophilia by priests that was covered up by church leadership. If the top leadership is not ultimately responsible for this type of abuse and systematic coverup, I don't know who is. Can a great man still fail in such a leadership position? Sure. The Church has, IMHO, gone backwards in the last 25 years. As far as Terri Shiavo, I didn't know her or her family, so all I can really do is empathize with a husband who has lost a wife, and parents who have lost a child.