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Terri Schiavo is not really living. She had expressed to her husband that she does not want to be kept alive by machines. Her parents cannot accept this, and in a style that speaks volumes about the Christian mind-set, has turned everyones life into a living hell trying for ten years to get their way. This case is not about morality, it is about selfishness and self-righteousness.

• The patient wants to be let go.
• The husband sides with the patient.
• The doctor sides with the patient.
• Finally, the court sides with the patient.

There is a “Quality of Life” issue that is being ignored by the patient’s parents. This fight is not about legality, it’s about forcing the parents brand of morality on their adult daughter who had already expressed her opinion about being kept alive. I’m sure it is a hard lesson for the parents to learn, but their daughter is an adult, has been for some time; she has more right to speak for her body and for her life then they do. There comes a point in any parents life when they are through raising their child, when all lessons are wrapped up and the child, now an adult, must be let to fly in their own. For Terri, this point has long been past.

When are people like Terri’s parents going to realize that not all humans need to think as they do, that such diversity of philosophy is a good thing for humanity. I ,for one, am quite weary of being force-fed Christian morality. Not every American is Christian! Not all Christians agree with each other! There is no perfect answer to all of life’s problems. Go ahead, scour your bibles all you want, I’m betting there’s no mention of feeding tubes. Let the poor woman die, for Christ’s sake and for the sake of Terri and Michael.

Terri, we wish you the gentlest of passing. May you find all your hopes fulfilled on the other side.