[lit-ideas] Re: Right to Life, Right to Die

Judy:<
I'd say he's dying, but they
aren't allowed to say anything like that. I just hope he isn't the
victim of infighting in the Vatican.>

I am not ready to write off this Pope.  He has a will of iron, regardless
of the issue, including his determined will to live as long as possible.  I
am distressed by the Vatican condemnation of the removal of Schiavo's
feeding tube.  Some time ago the Vatican ruled that there is not always an
obligation to keep life support in place.  In the case of Schiavo, it is
life support as she was never expected to wake up.  Fifteen years is more
time to wait than I think is advisable, from a societal point of view.  In
wish the poor woman peace.  And sorrow not over her death, but over the
videos of her in her condition spread around the world.  It seems to me to
be cruel and tasteless. 

Veronica

> [Original Message]
> From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 3/30/2005 1:00:54 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Right to Life, Right to Die
>
> Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 5:19:27 PM, Veronica Caley wrote:
>
> VC> Judy: <Did you see the Vatican said the tube is about nutrition and
"to
> VC> promote an efficient recovery of his strength"?>
>
> VC> Yes, and in this case it might be true.  Perhaps doctors are thinking
that
> VC> his throat might heal from surgery at which time feeding device would
be
> VC> removed.
>
> I see. That didn't occur to me, he's been so weak for so long, and
> advanced Parkinson's is, well, awful... I'd say he's dying, but they
> aren't allowed to say anything like that. I just hope he isn't the
> victim of infighting in the Vatican.
>
>
> VC> I notice that it's through his nose, not abdomen.  Very
> VC> interesting, in a bizarre sort of way.
>
> Yes; I'd never heard of that before.
>
>
>
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