Cruel, unusual
03/26/05
If the tragic case of Terri Schiavo shows nothing else, it shows how easily 'the right to die' can become the right to kill. It is hard to believe anyone, regardless of their position on euthanasia, would have chosen the agony of starvation and dehydration as the way to end someone's life. ... In a Dec. 2, 2002, story in the New York Times, people starving in India were reported as dying, 'often clutching pained stomachs.' No murderer could be executed this way, which would almost certainly be found 'cruel and unusual punishment,' in violation of the Constitution, by virtually any court. Terri Schiavo's only crime is that she has become an inconvenience -- and is caught in the merciless machinery of the law. ... Make no mistake: As this is written, Terri Schiavo is being killed. She is not being 'allowed to die...
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050325-083714-1425r.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
If the tragic case of Terri Schiavo shows nothing else, it shows how easily 'the right to die' can become the right to kill. It is hard to believe anyone, regardless of their position on euthanasia, would have chosen the agony of starvation and dehydration as the way to end someone's life. ... In a Dec. 2, 2002, story in the New York Times, people starving in India were reported as dying, 'often clutching pained stomachs.' No murderer could be executed this way, which would almost certainly be found 'cruel and unusual punishment,' in violation of the Constitution, by virtually any court. Terri Schiavo's only crime is that she has become an inconvenience -- and is caught in the merciless machinery of the law. ... Make no mistake: As this is written, Terri Schiavo is being killed. She is not being 'allowed to die...
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050325-083714-1425r.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 28. Mrz, 16:41
