My Take On Terri
A post I made on the Blogs For Terri website after reading all of the conspiracy theories and hate eminating from their collective posts:
What a frightening, self-referential world you all live in. In the intelligence business they call it circular reporting. Here, it's just a way for you all to continue to spin yourselves into a self-righteous frenzy.
This case has been reviewed by no less than 19 judges. Enough doctors have come to the same conclusion about Terri to satisfy even the most rigorous confidence factor. The one doctor that says he can save her has NEVER treated a similar condition, only conditions with similar symptoms, i.e. strokes. No THERAPY can replace an organ that no longer exists. Get over it. We won't even delve into the doctor's problems with the law and the fact that he treats only patients who pay in cash or that his supposed “Nobel Award Nomination” consists of a memo written by a politician who had no authority to do so.
As for Michael, it has been stated repeatedly in court that he has "provided loving care" for Terri THROUGHOUT this ordeal. As for accusations of crimes and other such tripe, through 19+ judicial reviews, NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN ENTERED OR PROVEN. The echo chambers you have created for yourself will not make innuendo and rumor any more factual.
As for the method of death, starvation, that is emotional on its face, but less so upon inspection. In reality, she will die of dehydration. As gruesome as that sounds, the actuality of the death will be mitigated by the drugs and care she will be given to reduce any physical reaction to nil. In essence, even if she could feel something, which is in doubt, she will not. Doctors agree, her passing will be peaceful.
This is a sad case of our science outpacing our understanding of life and death. We can now keep the physical body alive indefinitely in the biological sense, but we have no idea what is the definition of sentient LIFE.
What perplexes me most is that all of you so-called pro-lifers claim such grand religious affinity, yet seem strangely afraid to meet you maker or allow another who so obviously can no longer function in this life to meet hers. If the paradise of love that is your heaven awaits her, why not let her go?
I shall suspend comment on the hypocrisy of pro-life stances that turn a blind eye to preemptive war that kills 10000 or 100000 more innocents; that promote unrestricted gun ownership that kills more innocents than any malpractice event; that live in a state that executes more people than any other besides Texas and Virginia; that praises a man for his compassion that signed the death warrants of 152 people while governor of Texas - more than any other governor in history AND signed a bill into law in Texas that was just used to allow parents to remove the tubes from a family member – a law that allows one to consider FINANCIAL hardship as a reason for ending care.
Cognitive dissonance is a wonderful thing.
In the end, who are you doing this for anyway; for Terri? I doubt it. You're doing if for yourself. You are placing yourself on a self-righteous soap box so all can see what a great and loving person you are; and you’re hoping God might just notice too.
Some philosophies, older than any Abrahamic religion, have noted that the root of all suffering is spawned from clinging. Clinging to life, things, perceptions, ideologies, self. Most of all, you all seem to cling to the delusion that you are in control of your surroundings. The sad fact is that most of us, you included, are barely in control of ourselves – indeed, clinging to the idea of control.
If Terri's parents would simply let go, then they could pray for their child’s ascendance into Heaven; a result that is far more likely than her return to life as we know it. But, instead, they cling. And now their memories upon her eventual and inevitable passing will be of this bitter struggle that will in no way define who she was or how she lived before this terrible tragedy.
I know you all think you are helping, but you're not. And, the strife you cause in your families, your communities, and this country are far more damaging than allowing a person to graciously pass on.
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In the end, the human condition sucks and sometimes our science just makes it worse. Perhaps the only winner in all of this will be Terri when she finally rests in peace.
A post I made on the Blogs For Terri website after reading all of the conspiracy theories and hate eminating from their collective posts:
What a frightening, self-referential world you all live in. In the intelligence business they call it circular reporting. Here, it's just a way for you all to continue to spin yourselves into a self-righteous frenzy.
This case has been reviewed by no less than 19 judges. Enough doctors have come to the same conclusion about Terri to satisfy even the most rigorous confidence factor. The one doctor that says he can save her has NEVER treated a similar condition, only conditions with similar symptoms, i.e. strokes. No THERAPY can replace an organ that no longer exists. Get over it. We won't even delve into the doctor's problems with the law and the fact that he treats only patients who pay in cash or that his supposed “Nobel Award Nomination” consists of a memo written by a politician who had no authority to do so.
As for Michael, it has been stated repeatedly in court that he has "provided loving care" for Terri THROUGHOUT this ordeal. As for accusations of crimes and other such tripe, through 19+ judicial reviews, NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN ENTERED OR PROVEN. The echo chambers you have created for yourself will not make innuendo and rumor any more factual.
As for the method of death, starvation, that is emotional on its face, but less so upon inspection. In reality, she will die of dehydration. As gruesome as that sounds, the actuality of the death will be mitigated by the drugs and care she will be given to reduce any physical reaction to nil. In essence, even if she could feel something, which is in doubt, she will not. Doctors agree, her passing will be peaceful.
This is a sad case of our science outpacing our understanding of life and death. We can now keep the physical body alive indefinitely in the biological sense, but we have no idea what is the definition of sentient LIFE.
What perplexes me most is that all of you so-called pro-lifers claim such grand religious affinity, yet seem strangely afraid to meet you maker or allow another who so obviously can no longer function in this life to meet hers. If the paradise of love that is your heaven awaits her, why not let her go?
I shall suspend comment on the hypocrisy of pro-life stances that turn a blind eye to preemptive war that kills 10000 or 100000 more innocents; that promote unrestricted gun ownership that kills more innocents than any malpractice event; that live in a state that executes more people than any other besides Texas and Virginia; that praises a man for his compassion that signed the death warrants of 152 people while governor of Texas - more than any other governor in history AND signed a bill into law in Texas that was just used to allow parents to remove the tubes from a family member – a law that allows one to consider FINANCIAL hardship as a reason for ending care.
Cognitive dissonance is a wonderful thing.
In the end, who are you doing this for anyway; for Terri? I doubt it. You're doing if for yourself. You are placing yourself on a self-righteous soap box so all can see what a great and loving person you are; and you’re hoping God might just notice too.
Some philosophies, older than any Abrahamic religion, have noted that the root of all suffering is spawned from clinging. Clinging to life, things, perceptions, ideologies, self. Most of all, you all seem to cling to the delusion that you are in control of your surroundings. The sad fact is that most of us, you included, are barely in control of ourselves – indeed, clinging to the idea of control.
If Terri's parents would simply let go, then they could pray for their child’s ascendance into Heaven; a result that is far more likely than her return to life as we know it. But, instead, they cling. And now their memories upon her eventual and inevitable passing will be of this bitter struggle that will in no way define who she was or how she lived before this terrible tragedy.
I know you all think you are helping, but you're not. And, the strife you cause in your families, your communities, and this country are far more damaging than allowing a person to graciously pass on.
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In the end, the human condition sucks and sometimes our science just makes it worse. Perhaps the only winner in all of this will be Terri when she finally rests in peace.
posted by Mike at 9:38 AM
1 Comments:
Again, let me say as I did yesterday on the AAR blog, this was a wonderful post. How ironic that Terri's mother should step up to the microphones the other day and plead for higher powers to "Stop the insanity..." Cognitive dissonance and denial in its purest form.
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