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Ludacris
Didn't Ludacris write a song about Terri? Should that be mentioned in the pop culture section? 75.60.169.46 (talk) 15:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC) My mistake - it was not done by Ludacris. 75.60.169.46 (talk) 17:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Status of federal law
I'm leaving this note because I changed the summary to remove the statement that the federal law was struck down; since another user put that statement back in, I thought I'd explain my change.
Though the federal district court and the Eleventh Circuit declined to issue a TRO, both courts reached this result without determining whether Pub. L. No. 109-3 was constitutional or not. The district court stated that while "there may be substantial issues concerning the constitutionality of the Act, for purposes of considering temporary injunctive relief, the Act is presumed to be constitutional." 357 F. Supp. 2d 1378, page 1383. The Eleventh Circuit also did not decide whether the law was constitutional: "Defendants contend that the legislation is so extraordinary that it is unconstitutional in several respects. We need not decide that question." 403 F.3d 1223, pages 1226-1227.
Note that one Eleventh Circuit judge did later express the view that the law was unconstitutional (404 F.3d 1270 (11th Cir. 2005)), but he was not speaking for the court. I'm not aware of any later case holding that the law was unconstitutional.--68.162.33.170 21:57, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- It's hard to address the constitutionality of a law under the circumstances - it was only ever applied once, and the decisions of the state court were upheld without addressing the constitutionality of the law, so that point was effectively moot. Cheers! bd2412 T 08:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Could anyone address the instance where Terri Schiavo was supposedly laughing? Alan Keyes put it up on his website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.89.74 (talk) 20:45, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- There were various videos of Terri and some of them showed her smiling, laughing and verbalizing sounds, although she was unable to articulate words. She would do this in response to her parents, especially her father. These videos were once available on Terri's web site, but I don't know where they can be found today. Perhaps someone knows and can post fresh links.67.142.130.19 (talk) 20:16, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Citation needed
It might be trivial but I think that the sentence
"The manner of death was certified as "undetermined"."
needs citation. --Kushalt 16:32, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. bd2412 T 08:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- I have the pdf file for the autopsy open on my desktop right here. "Cause of death: Complications of Anoxic Encephalopathy" "Manner of Death: Undetermined"Canislupus01 (talk) 03:05, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Propaganda regarding the 'vegetative state' and also the photograph of Teri's brain as irrelevant. This woman was literally starved and dehydrated to death in this country under a judicial order, while still communicative and breathing without any artificial life support, other than basic sustenance - food and water.
Everything else is irrelevant. It was judicial and spousal murder, pure and simple.
You're damn right it was. Since when is it constitutional to kill someone who has not given permission through DNR?!?! If she did not say this in writing, then how is it legal to simply assume she wanted the plug pulled? I have had family members who did give permission for DNR, and therefore, there wishes were granted as such. Judicial and spousal murder is exactly the correct terminology. Communist liberal judges and activists allowed Terri Schiavo to exist without the treatment she was Constitutionally promised and her husband just wanted the money he raped from the lawsuit against the doctor who he claimed failed to diagnose her with bulemia (the doctor correctly did not diagnose her with bulemia, since she did not have bulemia.) I hope Michael Schiavo and those communist judges rot in hell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.29.211.18 (talk) 05:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Proganda. Both the commentary, and moral and legal conclusions. This disabled woman was literally starved and dehydrated to death, and posting photographs of her brain does not excuse what actually ocurred. She was communicative, and not being kept artifically alive except with the provision of basic sustenance - food and water, not 'artifically' in any respect, since even premature infants are hydrated and given good intravenously.
Whatever excuses are being made, she was judicially murdered, pure and simple.
- As I mentioned above, there were numerous videos of Terri that showed she was not in a state of PVS, although I don't recall the national news showing those videos for the masses to see. Left with the stories fed by the poor quality media coverage, many Americans were mistakenly led to believe that Terry was "brain dead," in a coma, or in a "persistive vegetative state." If the media had covered Terri's plight the way they did the aftermath of Katrina, perhaps she would have had a bit of a fighting chance. People would have been able to see the real Terri, not the one fabricated by the mass media and government powers that be.67.142.130.19 (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
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- She had massive brain damage and was unable to speak, walk, recognise people, or enjoy a reasonable standard of living. The real Terri? She was long since gone. What was left was a shell. A fighting chance? There was none. Darkmind1970 (talk) 15:03, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
RE:Public opinion and activism
It is a good section, but I was thinking... couldn't it use a mention of peoples reaction to the ruling in the Schiavo case? If I remember correctly, people were protseting outside of the hospital where Terri Schiavo was when the tube was removed. 67.189.228.127 (talk) 12:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Move article
Move it to "Terri Schiavo affair" or an article about the court case. Cover the event, not the person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.249.64 (talk) 05:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
- "Affair" is not a good term. Corvus cornixtalk 00:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
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