[lbo-talk] Shiavo "Forbidden video"

[Michael Dawson]

> Independent arbitration boards are one way.  If arbitration failed,
> and it had to go to court, it should have been an issue of which ones
> of the two family parties would make the best guardian for her care.
> It should never have been a decision about pulling the plug when
> there was no living will.
> 
> When any family member disagrees with pulling the plug, and especially
> if they are willing to provide that care themselves, it is clear who
> should have been given guardianship.
> 
> --tully

Who sets and enforces the rules for "independent arbitration boards,"
whatever those are?

And the balance of your post is rank personal opinion.  It's also entirely
within your (or anybody's) rights to set your life up that way.  But getting
married, in the absence of such special arrangements, simply works the other
way.

And while we're on this, has anybody noticed the lowness of all the Schiavo
parties, including the holy Terri herself?  The woman gave herself a heart
attack from diet pills, for God's sake!  A plague on all their houses!