| | You know, I still haven't understood the basics of just why this woman should be starved, and I repeat the question I asked in my only other post on this subject, and I second Lindsay's sentiments.
First of all, could everyone please shutup about all your paranoia. I understand being afraid of federal expansion -- trust me, I understand. But not a single post favoring Schiavo's death has been written without petulant shrieks about the oncoming of theocracy, and I'm sick of it already. Such emotionalism does not suggest clear thinking or the lack of an agenda.
Second of all, I have never seen so much confidence in domestic government and "the law" from objectivists in my life! The courts, the courts, the courts -- fuck the courts for a minute, and just answer the basic questions, please, so we can get at the true justice of the matter. We all know the courts have unanimously fucked up before. So, please, somebody just answer me this:
1. Is it wrong that bruises indicating beating have been discovered on Schiavo's body?
2. Is it wrong that the only "proof" we have of Schiavo's will to die is the oral memory of her husband, to whom it occurred only after he received a multi-million dollar settlement for her indefinite care?
3. If not, then is it wrong that he is a proven liar?
4. If not, then exactly why in the hell should we believe him?
Anything can survive on irreversable legal technicalities. All I know is, if the above facts are true -- and nobody has denied them -- there is zero reason to believe Michael Schiavo, as he has every incentive to want his wife dead. And if there is zero reason to believe him, there is zero reason to grant his word the power to kill this woman -- when he doesn't have to pay a dime of support for her and there are others who are more than willing to assume her care!
So please, PLEASE, will somebody just respond to these facts.
Alec
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