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Skriven 2005-03-27 06:35:30 av John Massey (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 10312 av Ed Connell (1:379/1.6)
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"Ed Connell -> RICHARD JOHNSON" <1:379/1.6> wrote in message
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 RJ>> I agree and I am impressed that you demonstrate a level of integrity
 RJ>> that I had not thought you had.  In this case, at least, you have my
 RJ>> apology.

 EC> I have asked you several times why you are so anxious that this woman be
 EC> killed.  You have never told us, and regularly just delete my question.
So
 EC> why are you so anxious that this woman be killed?

Ed, I have not been involved in this TS thread, or discussion but I did read
this and thought it was  thoughtful. It is one persons answer to your
question.



Because she's earned it
Neal Boortz March 24, 2005

I signed off my talk show yesterday, stuffed unused newspaper articles in my
briefcase, and headed home.  As I pulled out of the studio parking garage I
did what I usually do . I tuned in to see what Rush was talking about.  On
this particular day I had no doubt as to what the subject would be, but I
wanted to hear his latest thoughts.

My studio getaway was so efficient, so swift that I was on the road in time
to hear Rush come out of his hourly newsbreak.  Now . before I go any
further, let it be clear;  I'm a Rush Limbaugh's fan.  Nobody does talk
radio better, not even me.  I love what he's done for our radio format, what
he's done for America, and what he's done to the left.  Liberals hate him.
I love him for that too.  Rush has made me money by elevating the talk radio
format to the top of the heap, and saved me even more through the tax cuts
that came from his promotion of the Republican agenda.

As Rush opens the hour he has a question; a question for "you liberals."  He
wants to know "Why do you want Terri Schiavo to die?"

I'm on the opposite side of this issue from Rush, Hannity, Liddy and most of
my not-liberal talk radio colleagues.  So the question intrigued me.  Why,
indeed, do I want Terri Schiavo to die?

Rush's question deserved an answer.  Not some glib response, but an honest,
heartfelt answer.  So, . here's mine.

I want Terri Schiavo to die because I believe she's earned it.

I don't view death as the end of the journey of a human soul.  I view it as
a transition.  The God I believe in would not waste the total life
experiences of a man or woman made in his image on a total and complete
death; a dead end, if you will, with nothing to follow.  I cannot believe
that it is God's plan that the life experiences of a man; wisdom gained,
lessons learned and love experienced, should, upon death, disappear as if
they never were.   I believe that there's something to follow the life we
know on this earth; and I believe that most of the people fighting to keep
the body of Terri Schiavo alive feel the same way.

These feelings give rise to some questions of my own; questions for the
devoutly religious people who are fighting to keep Terri Schiavo alive.  Do
you believe in God's promise of everlasting life?  Do you believe that the
reward for a life well spent on this earth is a life with God in heaven
after you die?  If you do, then a few more questions if you will.

Do you believe that the human soul can make the transition to everlasting
life while the human body that carried that soul through life clings to life
on this earth?  If you do, then you must surely believe that Terri Schiavo
has earned and is already enjoying her reward in heaven. That being the
case, why is it so important to you that the now-unneeded body of Terri
Schiavo is kept alive?

But perhaps you believe, as I do, that the human soul is so connected to and
integrated with its earthly body that any transition will not be made until
that body ceases functioning -- until death occurs..  That being the case,
why do you so ardently desire that the soul of Terri Schiavo spend five,
ten, perhaps 30 years or more trapped in a useless and non-functioning body,
unable to move on to whatever reward awaits her?  Isn't 15 years enough?

Where do your concerns truly lie, with the eternal soul of Terri Schiavo, or
with her earthly body?

Most of us are aware of the stories related by people who have near-death
experiences.  The usual scenario is a surgical procedure or some other
medical emergency.  These people describe a sensation of leaving their body
at the very time the heart stops beating and the brain ceases functioning.
They tell of floating above their body while watching doctors below working
hard to resuscitate, to bring them back to life.  As the heart once again
starts beating and as the brain resumes its functions, they tell of a
sensation of falling back into their own bodies to resume life.

We don't hear from the patients upon whom resuscitation efforts are not
successful.  We don't hear from them because they've left us.  They're gone
to experience whatever lies beyond.  They died.

Is it possible that the soul of Terri Schiavo has been floating - held in
some prolonged and excruciating limbo - waiting for doctors to stop
interfering with the process of her death?  I believe that this is so, and
that is why I have supported her husband's desires to have her feeding tube
removed.   Terri Schiavo isn't being murdered.  She's being allowed to die.
Death will not be an end for Terri Schiavo, it will be a beginning.  She
will finally be allowed to claim the reward that ultimately we all seek, a
reward she's earned and deserves.

Neal Boortz is a lawyer and nationally syndicated radio talk show host.

(c)2005 Neal Boortz

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