lol, this is probably going to be one of those debate threads that gets out of hand. Just thought I would put my 2 cents in real quick though,,,,
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Originally Posted by nehalita
I agree with Koko Ed and Jay about the intervention aspect. It is essentially between the husband and parents and no one else knows her personally enough to make her decisions.
Finally my opinion: I want to know the likelihood of her pulling out of her vegetative state. I don't think it's fair to anyone to sustain her life. Of what purpose does it serve. There is a time for everything and she has been like this for 15 years. She was, I am sure, a good person, but things have changed. No one can bring back the same person she was years ago. I, however, feel that there is a more humane way to end her life, not by having her starve to death (although many doctors have assured that this is painful). Finally, as cruel as this may sound, it is not fair to the husband. Is he not entitled to enjoying his own life. He has been dedicated for these 15 years and how much longer will this go for? No one knows.
This is my opinion, I hope I haven't offended anyone, if I have, I apologize, this was not my intent. I am open to counter-arguments (I love clean straightforward debates).
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First off, when the husband married her I'm sure he made some sort of "til death do us part" vow in there somewhere... But apparently he already has another family and has been living his life. I agree with the whole intervention thing, I think the government should stay out, but here is something that scares the hell out of me:
From what I saw, Schiavo was not in a "vegetative" state, more of a mentally incompetent state. I'm not sure if her condition has changed since the footage I saw, but to let someone die in that state kinda scares me. Only because there are a lot of members of my family in the medical field that say they have seen people come back from this state, granted they weren't in it for that long, but if I were in Schiavo's state, and there were even the smallest chance of me coming out of it, I would want the people I loved to at least try. OK, so they have tried for 15 years, it just seems like they are giving up too easily. What scares me more is that someone else can make the decision whether I live or die. I know it happens all the time in brain dead states and otherwise, but I have never heard of them "pulling the plug" on someone still conscious. Again, I may be wrong about her condition. It might cost a lot of money and be inconvenient for some people, but I think we should give still try.
I'm sure everyone will have an opinion about this, though it won't matter, just as mine doesn't matter. My guess is Schiavo will probably die while the government battles over this issue, and the only people who's opinions matter will come too late. This is going to be an issue that divides people by party, just like most things. From what I see though I am not following most of the people in my party's opinion. Oh well, I'm done. More later maybe when someone is angry with me
