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Terry Schiavo Redux (Updated) 2

Crusading against the facts of life and death in Italy. The lady in question has been in a coma for 16-years.

The usual crowd of fantasists insists on keeping the empty shell of her being “alive”:

Justifying his campaign to save Englaro’s life, the prime minister (Silvio Berlusconi–ed.) added that, physically at least, she was “in the condition to have babies”, a remark described by La Stampa newspaper as “shocking”. Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s president, has refused to sign the decree, but if it is ratified by the Italian parliament doctors may be obliged to resume the feeding of Eluana early this week.

But, in a moving interview with the Observer, Eluana’s father Beppino said last week that the doctors were carrying out his daughter’s wishes by allowing her to die. “If she couldn’t be what she was (before the accident in 1992) then she would not have wanted to live”.

Addendum:

Commentary from P. Z. Myers, via the Canadian Cynic.

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2 comments

  1. G. Kingma

    February 9, 2009 at 6:33 am

    If the Catholic Church would only get spiritual for a minute they would realize that the soul of Eluana Englaro has long since abandoned the bodily remains which are now artificially been kept from the death state and the normal process of decomposition. Merciful God has her spirit back with Him and won’t allow her to return to a crippled corpse. Fellows, please read some near death experiences and learn the truth. Give it up and let her soul remain in the promised land!

     
  2. Frank

    February 9, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    I can’t say I have an opinion on the validity of “near death events,” but I agree.

    There is more to life than the physical being.  What makes us human is what lives in the head.  Not whether the heart is still beating.

    Thanks for visiting.