People write to me and think I should comment on the hullabaloo surrounding Terri Schiavo.
To tell you the truth, I am so pissed off about the whole thing I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep a civil tongue about it.
And I very well may not.
So if you are a parent or a guardian, you had best read this through first and make decisions appropriate to your duties.
And that's what this Terri Schiavo thing is about, isn't it? There is no doubt in my mind that people have been granted the right to refuse medical treatment if they so choose. There is no doubt that if the individual is so incapacitated that they can not choose, their legal guardian in many cases have been granted the ability to assume that right for the incapacitated individual.
Now I know there have been questions regarding the integrity of the decisions made by her husband Michael. OK. Fine. So Congress granted the parents a review of the case by the Federal court system who determined that everything is in order i.e. Terri is in a permanent vegetative state and the husband has the standing to make the decision regarding her treatment.
So that's settled.
But I swear to god that every time I hear a Democrat say that by calling for that review, Tom Delay is a hypocrite because of his pending ethics review, I say: shut the fuck up: it's not about Tom Delay.
And every time I hear a Republican say that Terri is experiencing her "Palm Sunday" and will not be forsaken as a result, I say: shut the fuck up it's not about religion its about the law.
And every time I hear someone say that the Federal court review is a violation of Federalism, I say: shut the fuck up: it is not anti-Federalist to have a disinterested set of eyes to assure murder is not being committed. And since many of the people saying this are anti-Federalists to begin with, I say what the hell do you care about Federalism?
And every time I hear someone say this is a right to life issue, I say shut the fuck up. What are you talking about? Are you saying that as medical science advances and we at some point get to the point where we can make enough machines to virtually keep anyone alive forever that's what we should do? That is so absurd I say again, shut the fuck up.
And every time I hear someone say that this reflects the death of America I say: shut the fuck up. The rule of law still applies. The Federal review of the cases did not change any standing law and in fact followed the law. No laws have been changed to suit this case against the wishes of the people to whom our Federal leadership is responsible. Some may wish the law to change, but they are in the minority and will not prevail. And if they become the majority and do change the law, well that's Democracy too.
And every time I hear someone vilify Michael Schiavo as a heartless criminal guilty of murder I say: just please, for heaven's sake, shut the fuck up. You don't know Michael and neither do I. Maybe he's a slimeball and maybe he's a saint. But either way it matters not one bit to what is going on. Umpteen courts have reviewed the situation and that is all we have to go on so give it a fucking rest already and mind your own fucking business.
All of you trying to make political hay out of Terri's situation: fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
All of you wearing your religion on your sleeve: fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
And all of you reporters who think you are doing some solemn duty by showing Terri's face 24/7, you're surely not; so fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
Terri Schiavo is a person not an icon. She had a life, not an agenda. She was what she was, not what you want her to represent.
So all of you, let her die in peace and shut the fuck up about it.
Guess I wasn't able to keep a civil tongue.
You were warned.
