A more tender moment
My heart broke as I read the headline Terri Schiavo Dies After Bitter Legal Battle. Do I have a stance on this issue. . .probably but that's not really my point right now. So many of us I think have taken sides and whether they be political or moral or whatever I think some of us missed the fact that there were at least 4 or 5 people who's lives have been drastically changed in the past few months. As much as I would love to pretend that I'm an "intellectual-non-emotional-rationalist" I'm not. And when I saw the pictures this morning I cried a bit. I cry for Terri, who may or may not be awake for it all, but fact is she starved to death. I cry for her parents who had to watch their daughter go through all of this and literally watch her die. I cry for her husband who seems to be so removed from true love and reality. And I cry for humanity who I'm not sure has acted much like the "humanity" that I have idealized should. So. . . I end with. . . .I don't know. I hurt. . .I hurt a lot.
posted by Aaron at
10:25 AM
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I think Terri has caused all of us to really wrestle with the definitions of humanity. Just what is a human being What constitutes life? What she a "person?" Regardless of these answers, I nearly threw up reading pro-choice and pro-life supporters pick sides as if they were going to gain ground or lose real estate over a woman's death. She became a piece of property in a political and moral dog fight. I think this case could go down as our generation's Roe v. Wade, not because of the decision made, but just for the amount of press and support the case got. I think we will be talking about Schiavo for years.
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Mike Cline, at 4:45 PM
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