I’ve figured out why the “opposition” to putting Terri’s feeding tube back in is driving me nuts. I’ve finally figured it out.

Most people who oppose putting the feeding tube back in are basing it on very little, but they all seem to have one thing in common. Every single person who opposes putting the tube into Terri’s body says the same irrelevant thing:

“I wouldn’t want to live like that.”

And?

I mean, who the fuck cares if you would want to live like that?

This isn’t about how you would want to live, what you’d want your gay lover to do to you if you were, or how you’d want your children to see you. It’s about a woman who made no specific request to die and a country who’s obsessed with killing her.

And you can do all the wrapping yourself in the constitution you want. You can pretend you care about the Separation of powers (this time, of course, but if the courts find an election illegal, gay sex legal, or the stifling of free speech legal, then it’s okay to not have that separation). You can even pretend that it’s always the sanctimonious Other Guy ^tm who’s looking to score some political points.

But if that’s the best reason you have for wishing death upon someone, I’d like to make a suggestion.

Grab the constitution. Head down to Atlanta, look the Schindlers in the face and tell them that you want their daughter to die. Tell them that the Congress overstepped its bounds. Tell them that despite the inconsistencies in the case that may mean death for their daughter, you still think she should die, and then we should work it all out afterward.

Tell them she’s a needless casualty and you don’t think she deserves to live. See how that goes over.

Or better yet, starve your own children for a few days. Just don’t feed ‘em. Bring ‘em to the table. Put the food on the table, and beat them if they touch it.

You wouldn’t have the balls to do it, because it’s not the other guy’s^tm kid.

I’ll do whatever is within my power to protect Terri like she’s my child because I believe in the right to live. Hopefully those of you who won’t will not have to watch your kid get starved some day.

As I said on Stageleft’s blog, there are two kinds of people in this case:

There are two camps: Those who give a shit about Terri, and those who use every justification to not give a shit about Terri.

The second camp makes me sick

This ain’t about politicians, the president, or congress. This is about a woman who’s about to be starved to death and a society full of cowards who don’t have the balls to stand up to it.

Choose life.