Text 10974, 68 rader
Skriven 2005-04-03 13:03:44 av Max Kohn (1:18/200)
  Kommentar till text 10936 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
Ärende: Re: Bo Gritz
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*** Quoting John Hull from a message to Max Kohn ***

 JH> You know, I don't want to be put in the position of defending Michael 
 JH> at all.  I think he's an insensitive asshole.  But you've made some 
 JH> accusations that need to be addressed.

 I agree he is an insensitive asshole.  

 MK> > He's a control freak that wanted to control Terri's fate and he 
 MK> > wanted her dead.  If he dissolved his marriage to Terri, her care 
 MK> > would have been turned over to her parents and he couldn't have 
 MK> > that. 

 JH> Is he?  That's what a bunch of people who hate him say, but is he 
 JH> really?  I don't know that. I haven't heard anything to endear me to 
 JH> the guy, but neither have I heard what you claim.

He should have checked the law and found out if she could be euthanized. If 
not, he should have let her live with the feeding tube until God called her. 
I hope he rots in hell for murdering Terri..him and Judge Greer. 

 JH> > Come on.  You just jumped all over Ed for making assumptions about 
 JH> > what Terri said or didn't say, and now YOU are making assumptions 
 JH> > about Michael's state of mind.  You don't know any more about him 
 JH> > than Ed, or anybody else, knew about either one of them who wasn't 
 JH> > actually there.

 MK> I never jumped on Ed at all.  Michael's actions and inactions 
 MK> speak for themselves.  He wanted Terri dead so he fought to have the 
 MK> feeding tube removed.  He now has a fiance that he'll probably 
 MK> soon marry and start trying to control her.  He has two kids.  He cares 
 MK> nothing about the parents who isn't even being allowed to bury their 
 MK> oldest  child.  He's a selfish oaf and one day he'll get his.

 JH> To the best of my knowledge, nobody - I repeat nobody - has proven 
 JH> than he *wanted* her dead.  He has been accused of that, but I 
 JH> haven't seen any proof, and I doubt you have either.  He has been in 
 JH> this situation for 15 years.  Is he supposed to just throw his life 
 JH> away and become a martyr to caring for his bedridden wife?  I know 
 JH> several people in similar situations who have moved on trying to find 
 JH> some happiness in the midst of tragedy in their lives.

 Look at what he gets from her death.  A new family..he can now marry his
 fiance.  He gets the balance of the malpractice monies and if there was
 a life insurance policy, he gets that too.  What happened to "in sickness
 and in health" and "until death does us part"?  She was still alive until
 he and Judge Greer pulled her feeding tube.  Experts say she could have lived 
 decades longer with the feeding tube. 

 JH> That doesn't make them monsters.  With regard to the parents, from 
 JH> what I've seen much of their grief has been self generated.  I can 
 JH> understand that they don't want to let go, but they don't have the 
 JH> legal standing to do anything and haven't for a long time.  To 
 JH> continue the way they did was illogical at best.

 Screw logic.  Would you just say "ahh she's a vegetable..let's kill her".
 You are sliding towards euthansia to get rid of those who can't take care
 of themselves.  You think all those in nursing homes should also be starved
 to death?  Her parents had every right to grieve.  That was their oldest
 daughter. Who are you to tell them how to grieve?  The legally kept her
 alive for at least ten years despite Michael's desire to kill her.

 

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