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

Thursday, March 31, 2005, 9:51:00 PM, Veronica Caley wrote:

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

VC> I am not ready to write off this Pope.  He has a will of iron, regardless
VC> of the issue, including his determined will to live as long as possible.

I agree.  But there's bad news of his health this evening, and an
unconfirmed report he's been given the last rites.  And he really was
very ill before this happened.


VC>   I
VC> am distressed by the Vatican condemnation of the removal of Schiavo's
VC> feeding tube.  Some time ago the Vatican ruled that there is not always an
VC> obligation to keep life support in place.


I didn't know they'd ruled that.

VC>  In the case of Schiavo, it is
VC> life support as she was never expected to wake up.

Yes.


VC>  Fifteen years is more
VC> time to wait than I think is advisable, from a societal point of view.

I don't want to look at this from a "societal point of view".


VC>  In
VC> wish the poor woman peace.  And sorrow not over her death, but over the
VC> videos of her in her condition spread around the world.  It seems to me to
VC> be cruel and tasteless.

I agree, it is appalling



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