David Limbaugh: Schiavo Writ Large

David Limbaugh, like many of the rest of us, can't help coming to the conclusion that we are being forced to witness the state sanctioned murder of an innocent and aware woman:

...This case is more and more chilling. I am increasingly convinced that Terri Schiavo is not and has not been in a vegetative state and that we are witnessing the state sanctioned murder of an innocent human being...

...I sometimes think we have come to rely too heavily on a medical community in these situations that might, because of its frequent experience with death, have become a tad too calloused about death itself. Loved ones rely so exclusively on the doctors' advice, I just wonder how many times doctors have advised to "pull the plug" when the patient's condition was not necessarily terminal, but the "quality of life" of the patient was deemed, by the doctor, not to be worth saving.

And now we're removing a feeding tube from a lady who otherwise isn't remotely terminal. How many other people who cannot feed themselves will be in jeopardy after this? Don't pooh pooh this, folks. Tell me what the difference is between, say, an Alzheimer's patient who can't express a desire to live and who can't feed himself versus Terri, who presumably can't express her desire to live...

These excerpts are from one of his blog entries, not one of his regular columns. Use the title link to see the rest.