It's Almost Over, Or Is It?

It's sounding like Terri Schiavo is just about gone. Doesn't that sentence sound cold? I do wonder if she has any understanding of her situation at all. But I also wonder a few more things about this whole mess.

I've seen the pictures just like everybody else and noticed that she was a very attractive woman when her heart stopped and she ended up with brain damage. All brought on by bulimia nervosa, a psychological eating disorder. An attractive woman in the prime of her life destroyed by her desire to stay attractive & thin. Apparently a person develops bulimia by believing they are gaining weight and starting to look unattractive. I find that sickeningly ironic.

I also don't like the fact that the Federal Government tried to intervene after the State Government had decided the legal issues. It's a state issue and the feds overstepped their bounds.

I certainly don't like what's happening. I feel bad for Terri, for her family and for her husband. No one wins in this story. Now there looks like another conflict will arise because her family wants her to be buried in a Catholic Cemetary in Florida and her husband wants her cremated in Pennsylvania. The poor woman isn't dead yet and there is another storm brewing.

The family and the husband couldn't agree with what priest should administer last rites. There's a guy trying to rob a gun store to get a gun and force his way in to feed her. The nuts camped outside are said to be planning some kind of crazy stunt to try to save her. Now there is a fanatic preacher going to Capitol Hill trying to get the feds to again intervene. What's next?

I say, let her go. The legal part is over-with. Intervening by some goofy political stunt is basically illegal. The most important part is, let Terri have some dignity. At least a little if any can be found anymore. At this point, it's impossible to know how or even if she feels anything about this whole scene at all, but I'm pretty sure she wouldn't appreciate all the stupidity surrounding her. Personal opinions aside, the legal battles are done. Give it a rest and let her rest in peace.