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Skriven 2005-03-27 10:25:53 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
  Kommentar till text 10341 av John Massey (1:123/789.0)
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27 Mar 05 06:35, John Massey wrote to Ed Connell:

 JM> "Ed Connell -> RICHARD JOHNSON" <1:379/1.6> wrote in message
 JM> news:8012$POLITICS@JamNNTPd...

 RJ>>> I agree and I am impressed that you demonstrate a level of 
 RJ>>> integrity that I had not thought you had.  In this case, at least, 
 RJ>>> you have my apology.

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

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


Makes you think alright.  Good job, John.  Even without the religious aspects
of it, he makes sense.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 JM> (c)2005 Neal Boortz

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