The case of Terri Schiavo

[SteveO]

Originally Posted by nehalita

very true - good point. but then again, no one could forsee having a wife that only minimally responds to affection (if any). Personally, that would kill me so much. I could not bear to live 15 years without being able to talk to my husband.

the only footage I saw was a 30 second clip of her responding. this was played OVER and OVER and there are no other videos. Then again, I think this is because the family wasn't allowed to videotape her. So I'm not sure. Also, how old is that video? She may be more responsive now or less responsive. That would greatly affect my opinion. There are rumors that they might even bring Schiavo to court. Logical? I don't know. Effective? Yes.


15 years x 365.25 = 5480ish days. 15 years is almost as long as I have been alive (i am 17). For me, 15 years seems like a long time.
I'm not sure about your last sentence. You may be correct, I have never studied this in depth.

side note: yes I'm biased, sorry, I'm only human

I agree with you on almost every one of your points, except these:
I know it would be hard to keep a husband in a state like Schiavo's, but you can't plan for things like those. Maybe I'm wrong and his wedding vows were different, but usually they go something like "in sickness and in health, for better or worse blah blah.." If this is the case he has already broken his promises. It's hard to stay with someone, but I guess thats my definition of love, keeping those promises. Not to say that there can't be some kind of beforehand agreement, as bad as it sounds, and the couple can't still love each other. It's just if he said those things he should mean them. If you don't mean them, leave them out of your vows or something, I think that's perfectly acceptable.

15 years used to seem like a long time for me too, but I have seen a lot of people close to me die recently. I just think every second of "life" is precious. Now I guess we have to leave it up to the courts to decide what living is, it just sucks when the body that governs you might think you are dead and you have a different opinion :|

EDIT: I forgot to add, as many people keep pointing out, I don't know all the facts and probably no one else does, its all just speculation and opinion

Now off to school