Lady Justice

Death by Legal Interjection.

I'm just a little concerned. I've heard that the blogosphere is clogged with Terri Schiavo commentary. Indeed the world is watching this drama play out before us. The bloggers speak, the court speaks, the vatican speaks. I've spoken quite a bit, engaging in some forum debates. Yet these are all just the clanging of cymbals when you realize there is a young woman being deprived of substanance, now on her 7th day. One of my friends on Crosswalk.com forums has been counting her meals...18 so far, since they started starving Terri Schiavo.

Most of the talk has been cordial and theological in nature. But there are those who come from the death culture who's point is to troll. They can be annoying, speaking the death culture schpeel of what's best to end T.S.'s "suffering". But I would like to share with you a troll of another order. It is my senator.

I recieved an e-mail from him after pleading with him to do something about this "mercy killing". Here is his response:

Dear Mr. Speranzella:

Thank you for getting in touch with me to express your views on the case of Terri Schiavo and the legal rights of incapacitated individuals and their families. I appreciate having the benefit of your comments on this matter.

On March 20, 2005, the Senate passed, by voice vote, legislation to require a federal judge to look into the legal aspects of removing the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo. Florida courts had previously allowed her feeding tube to be removed, finding that she is in a "persistent vegetative state." The legislation sending the case to federal court was passed by voice vote in the Senate, then by the House of Representatives early Monday morning, March 21st , before being signed into law by President Bush. A Federal District Court judge in Florida refused to order doctors to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case on March 22, 2005. The three-judge 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel decided, by a 2 to 1 margin, that there were no constitutional grounds to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube...etc.

With best regards,
Paul Sarbanes
United States Senator

Now I shouldn't expect much more than a scorecard from a dyed in the wool Democrat such as Sarbanes. What irks me is how can anyone be ok with only looking for a "constitutional grounds" to reinsert the tube. Words said with NO compassion and mercy, just legal authority...oh wait, perhaps, again that is their definition of compassion and mercy.

And so Terri doesn't die from complications from her collapse. She dies from the simple speaking of legalese.

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