Shocking Affidavit From Terri's Nurse
He (Michael Schiavo) would call me, as I was the nurse supervisor on the floor, and ask for every little detail about her temperature, blood pressure, etc., and would call back frequently asking if she was dead yet. He would blurt out "I'm going to be rich!," and would talk about all the things he would buy when Terri died, which included a new car, a new boat, and going to Europe, among other things.
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http://www.rense.com/general63/aff.htm
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I know this matter is going off the topic a bit, but it is a related subject, and something that is worth considering. When you grow old, who will be your legal guardian? Do they have the competance and goodwill that a guardian should have?
No it doesn't. And your not the only one who can see that the law is set up to benefit the lawyers and the criminals and not the victim
I think it nearly all boils down to making the rich richer and the poor poorer, I know thats a bit of a cliche but when we've got so many lawyers in government making new laws to suit themselves all the time I think things will get worse when it comes compensation. Not quite sure how Britain is going to compensate Iraq for the illegal war though but I do rather expect them to try to get their own back.
Gone a bit off topic here, sorry
There's one point I'd like to make that is relevant to this case. I heard a bit of a radio report about the case, and some "expert" was quoted as saying something to the effect that the woman's cortex is not functioning so therfore she has no consciousness.
I have just finished reading a book by V. P. Ramachandran (eminent neurologist) in which he argued that the temporal lobes are the seat of consciousness, not the cerebral cortex as is stated in the over-simplified but untested explanations in textbooks. A while ago I also read a book by Richard Cytowic (world authority on synaesthasia and a neurologist) in which he argued against the recieved wisdom that the cerebral cortex is the seat of conscousness and the part of the brain that makes us human. Cytowic also nominated the limbic system and the temporal lobes (which were thought to be archaic, primitive structures) as playing a central role in cognition, consciousness and memory.
This is why I don't trust your average doctor, especially in life-or-death decisions. They only know about stuff that they were taught when they were at university, they are supposed to keep up with current knowledge, but the truth is most don't. Some of them don't know jack *** compared to your typical know-it-all aspie housewife.
Perhaps that individual should have gotten off on self defense, as he was protecting other people in my opinion.
So if you shot a cop in cold blood it could be claimed as self-defense because the cop will kill more people in his lifetime than the cop killer? Yeah, right :roll:
Unless the assailant was planning on being born again and then aborted it can't be called self-defense. And since that is highly unlikely it's just plain old murder. Unless you are saying that some murders are less of a murder than other murders as long as it fits your ideals?
Well, looks like we have ourselves a poster boy for the pro-Cure Autism Now and Right This Minute movement. I am pretty sure that we can have all of us and people like us eliminated if we just stay on track with our abortions after genetic testing, right? Have you ever though of working for C.A.N.? Or, is that where your last paycheck came from?
Thats a bit rich coming from someone who endorses murder of people that go against YOUR values :roll:
I don't hate you MrCoffee
I just think you're a hypocrite.
Somebody please kill this thread, it has far outlived it's usefulness.
This thread has just as much right to live as the others!
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From a person who doesn't want to get involved in this debate and will remain neutral: That was a bit of an overreaction by the state police. I hope they release the kid without charge or the very least, a minor talking to. :+
In that picture, stands a real MAN wearing those handcuffs. A real MAN who truly believes in his cause, and cares for those who are in need of help. A very respectful MAN who respects the vulnerable, and will go out of his way to protect them.
You need glasses, it's a kid. He's probably about 12 years old.
I fail to see why a kid can't be commended for his actions without him being called a real MAN. Is it because you feel that someone who doesn't understand the full ways of the world isn't capeable of thinking for themselves or having their own opinion without being made out to be more than they really are?
From a person who doesn't want to get involved in this debate and will remain neutral: That was a bit of an overreaction by the state police. I hope they release the kid without charge or the very least, a minor talking to.
I shouldn't worry about it, that boy is destined to become the coolest kid in America for a good week or so
Go right on ahead, ask him.
So asking someone to prove you wrong by asking them to do the impossible makes you right by default does it?
I already know what his answer would be, because I work with kids and drove a school bus for many years.
Are you sure you're not just assuming what he was thinking because it agrees with what you've already said?
But it still took a lot of guts to cross that line.
Not neccesarily. I did crazy stuff all the time when I was a little younger just for the fun of it.
I think that soon she will be remembered as 'the first, but not the last', I think there are going to be many more after this
Me too but personally for anybody concerned I just hope there aren't. :cry: (dreading fundamentalist reaction on both sides). The thing that I would recommend though to anyone is maybe to write a living will or make a statement to that effect. That can clear a lot of things up for the person and help avoid these cases.