In an effort to remove a thread de-rail and also give a completely unrelated topic a fair place in order to discuss it's merits, discussion of the 1999 Texas law George Bush put in place several years ago will go here rather than in the Terri Schiavo circus/Florida thread.
From that thread:
A 'loon' is what I define as anyone that tries to take one topic, and completely derail it off-track.Once again, who exactly are you calling names like a loon ?
I started that thread in the spirit of discussing the topic of Terri Schiavo's case, discussion of possible misconduct on the part of Florida judges, and points and elements concerning the whole debacle occurring in Florida.And that law doesn't have any right to be mentioned because... why ?
While the topic of a law passed in Texas in 1999 that has to do with providing free healthcare (or lack thereof) to terminally ill or otherwise uninsured recipients stands merit for discussion, it has absolutely nothing to do with Terri Schiavo, the spirit or topic of that thread, or her situation for a number of reasons:
1) It's about Texas, not Florida.
2) It's about patients that have no healthcare or healthcare coverage, nor anyone willing to flip the bill for healthcare. Last I heard, Michael Schiavo, several local hospices, as well as the family are all willing and able to afford healthcare.
3) It's about a law put in place in 1999, while this is 2005
4) It's appearance is one of someone trying to point a finger at George W. Bush rather than Judge Greer, Michael Schiavo, Terri Schievo, the Schindlers, the Florida circuit court system, the US Supreme Court, or The House of Representatives or the Senate... all being the related parties of that thread in it's topic and spirit.
We can discuss such matters here, where such important topics do deserve discussion and debate. But, the topics of that thread were along the lines of:Is this not a discussion about removing life support and the merits or problems and issues surrounding court and government involvment in such matters ?
* Political ramifications of emergency congressional efforts/wrangling with the Supreme Court at the federal level
* Judges possibly obstructing justice or evidence in the appeals process.
* Discussions of whether or not one personally believes Terri has been properly diagnosed as a 'vegetable' or having no conscious thought.
* Discussions of interesting evidence that may suggest Michael Schiavo is either negligent, responsible, or both- for his wife's condition.
That law sure is! Feel free to discuss such here in this (proper) thread since it's now open season to open debate about such important topics.Is that law not an example of court and government involement in end of life issues ?




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