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Old 04-04-2005, 11:07 PM   #2
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There really wasn't any controversy.  The matter was clear-cut.  She was a vegetable, had been a vegetable for over a decade, and would remain a vegetable for the rest of her life.  Heck, not even "her life" since Terri Shiavo was long-dead and gone.  What remained was just a blob of cells and organs functioning at the most basic levels.  There was no reason to keep them functioning any further (hadn't been for years) and the law supported the eventual results.  The only "controversy" was that caused by individuals and groups who, claiming "morals" and "values" (when in fact they're really emphasizing mythology over morality), refuse to acknowledge scientific principles and attempted use this situation to oppose reason and intelligent thought in favor of superstition.

So, I'm satisfied that the Constitution, reason, and common sense prevailed against the latest attempts by the ignorant conservative hypocrites.  Long live the United States:  secular and free.

Take care,

Jason
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