Tsamikayu
I voted "I don't know" because I think it was a very personal family matter, and it should have stayed that way. Why all those Americans decided to poke their noses in I don't know. Self-righteous religious people deciding that it was a matter for God, I don't know. It just quite pissed me off that it was so publicised.
Sure, it's a valid debate, but debates should be left outside cases like this. All those people getting involved just made the experience all the more hard for the family. Personally I wouldn't want anyone campaigning for the life of one of my family members who they have never met.
Sure, it's a valid debate, but debates should be left outside cases like this. All those people getting involved just made the experience all the more hard for the family. Personally I wouldn't want anyone campaigning for the life of one of my family members who they have never met.
The reason why it got publicised as much as it was, is because the parents of Terri wanted it to be publicised. They wanted to try and sway American people to support their side. The only people that should never have gotten involved is President Bush and the American legislature.
The parents had their right to go to court and fight the legal battle, but once the supreame court had ruled against the side of the parents, that's where it should have ended. The parents inevitably got political activists involved, and at that point it wasn't a fight for life, but a way for politicians to try and win a popularity contest. Terri ended up being a pawn in the game while other people in Terri's condition were completly neglected.
(Sorry if I got off topic a bit and if I made any spelling errors ^^)
