[lbo-talk] Shiavo "Forbidden video"

[Marta Russell]

>  >WKiernan wrote:
>  > For many of us the Schaivo case was only an interesting debate topic;
>>  Marta Russell sees it literally as a matter of life-and-death.  I think
>>  Marta believes it it is a small step from the authorities pulling the
>>  feeding tube on Terri Schiavo, for whatever reasons they did so, to
>>  those same authorities doing away with Marta Russell because it has
>>  become too costly to some hospital corporation to keep her alive.  This
>>  isn't tinfoil-hat craziness on Marta's part; in 1999 George W. Bush
>>  signed legislation called "the Futile Care Act" stipulating exactly that
>>  in the state of Texas.  Her not-unreasonable perception is not going to
>>  induce Marta to play the cool, calm "picture of rationality" when
>>  discussing the issue.

Thornton wrote:


>It may not be tin-foil hat crazy but there is no connection between 
>the two and pretending that
>it exists helps no one. Pulling the tube on Schiavo is not one small 
>step away from doing away
>with Marta. She hasn't stated she feels this is true but even if she 
>believes it that does not
>make it so. If this were true don't you imagine that the most of the 
>people on this list would be
>capable of seeing that connection and acting appropriately?

Kiernan is correct to suggest that not only I but all 26 disability 
organizations that wrote briefs in support of Shiavo and many many 
other disabled individuals identify with Terri, not with the husband, 
not with the family.  And there is a historical context to our cause 
for concern.

Maybe Jose can say it better 
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/focus/byzekprogressives.html

I wanted to clear that up because essentially, though not literally 
at this moment, what Bill is suggesting is right.

Marta

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