Reply #24: I'm still pissed that they didn't publish (or post ) my response: [View All]

I find it ironic how you choose only to highlight the hypocrisy of fringe groups without acknowledging the blatant hypocrisy of our so-called leaders. Have you heard of a little bill titled the Advance Directives Act? This law, which provides for the ability of a hospital to end life-sustaining measures for a patient when their condition is deemed terminally irreversible without the consent of the person serving as the power of attorney, was signed by none other than George W. Bush. But we don't need to mention that. Think nothing of the hypocrisy of the religious right, who consistently support politicians that undermine the best interests of the poverty stricken and down trodden. The same people who speak so passionately of "God's will" and heaven, but fight tooth and nail to keep you from getting there and who have actively chosen to exploit this woman's misfortune. Instead you attack segments of a party that are hardly representative of the whole, with the implication ! ! that they do represent the whole. You fail to criticize those who endorse cutting Medicaid funding (which sustains Ms. Schiavo) or who refuse to support stem cell research, which could help millions who are suffering. Instead you criticize a party that works to ensure that all Americans have access to health care, and to protect those who are disabled, disadvantaged and veterans. You trivialize the findings of the medical community, the majority of whom agree that Ms. Schiavo's condition is irreversible, though it is their work that has kept her alive thus far. I suppose science is simply a convenience. I suppose we should ignore the facts and wait for a miracle, but then if for miracles and not science, Ms. Schiavo would have died 15 years ago. You trivialize that which the courts uphold again and again to be Ms. Schiavo's wish. Apparently a person has no will, just a life that must be protected at all costs, even if it means overiding that person's right to make their own choices about their life. What we, the "pull-the-tube" types, fear most is the desire of right-wing politicians to erode our most basic rights under the guise of morality, imposed morality at that. This issue amounts to nothing more than political pandering, and you are just as guilty of such. Why rely on facts when you have so much self righteous indignation readily available.