I did mean to repeat Nader's view of the Schiavo case, which seems to me correct, even in light of (reports of) the autopsy evidence.
He pointed out that "slow death by dehydration is being imposed upon her under the color of law, in proceedings in which every benefit of the doubt -- and there are many doubts in this case -- has been given to her death, rather than her continued life ... This outrageous order proves that the courts are not merely permitting medical treatment to be withheld, it has ordered her to be made dead."
"After the first trial in this case, much evidence has been produced that should allow for a new trial -- which was the point of the hasty federal legislation. If this were a death penalty case, this evidence would demand reconsideration. Yet, an innocent disabled woman is receiving less justice."
--CGE
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:43:18 -0500
>From: Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Schiavo had half a regulation brain
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>
>carl,
>
>i have no idea how to read this, since my reference to the
lone gunman
>was meant to be ironic. i am completely confused, and i admit
it is
>partly my fault, but it means i'm not entirely sure what you
thought
>you were responding to and so, i'm not sure what you're
getting at.
>
>j
>
>On 6/15/05, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> Actually, I do buy the lone gunman theory: 40 years of
>> investigation haven't shown anything else to be the case.
>>
>> And I don't think courts should order that someone be made
>> dead (as Ralph Nader put it) because judges are not satisfied
>> with her brain capacity.
>>
>> Just as I don't think that they should order people be
>> sterilized because (in the words of SC Justice O. W. Holmes),
>> "Three generations of idiots are enough."
>>
>> But I am a bit surprised at the willingness of some
>> progressives to acquiesce in state-ordered killing. --CGE
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>> >Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:55:33 -0500
>> >From: Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com>
>> >Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Schiavo had half a regulation brain
>> >To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>> >>
>> >but DR bill frist (he has an md, you know) watched
>> >*videotapes* of her and concluded that she was NOT in a
>> >"persistent vegetative state"!
>> >
>> >i'll bet y'all buy the lone gunman theory, too.
>> >
>> >suckers.
>> >