But the Issue Won’t Die
Terri Schiavo left this world yesterday morning, but that hasn’t stopped the media from continuing to keep the issue in the spotlight. Joe Scarborough was still arguing that Terri might not have been in PVS (persistent vegetative state). Let me break it down for you, Joe. Terri Schiavo was declared to be in PVS six years ago. If you had a problem with it, why on earth didn’t you bring it up then? She’s dead now. Right or wrong (morally speaking), she’s gone. It is extremely disingenuous to play Monday morning quarterback now that nothing can be done.
Now that Pope John Paul II has had a feeding tube inserted, the “oh my gosh, it’s just like Terri, Michael Schiavo is going to try to kill the pope!” people are coming out of the woodwork. Come on… that’s just not nice. No matter how brain-dead you think some of his positions are, you shouldn’t compare the Pope to someone with no cerebral function.
Wednesday’s episode of South Park just might have the best summation of the Schiavo issue so far: one side is right for all the wrong reasons, and the other side is wrong for all the right reasons. Wow. Don’t you hate it when foul-mouthed cartoon characters make you think?
