# Let the poor woman die already! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 17, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029 "2005-03-17T19:11:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 61
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1201 "2005-03-31T18:09:48Z")
I’m gonna miss all the Terri Schiavo related threads. Hopefully in a few days, after all the current threads fall off the front pages, someone will start a “Terri Schiavo: Still Dead” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1202 "2005-03-31T18:10:17Z")
The Vatican announced that the Pope is going to check on Terri’s condition personally very soon, and I don’t mean he’s going to Florida. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1203 "2005-03-31T18:11:37Z")
I raised a glass to her as soon as I heard. Rest in peace, Terri. I’m afraid that all the screaming and shit flinging this week may only get worse now that she’s died. [Here’s](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050331/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_brain_damaged_woman_2) a nice sample. > [@](#): > > Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Vatican’s office for sainthood, told reporters that “an attack against life is an attack against God, who is the author of life.” Somehow I think God’ll survive. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1204 "2005-03-31T18:12:26Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Somehow I think God’ll survive. Maybe we should put a feeding tube in him just in case. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1205 "2005-03-31T18:13:50Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > I’m gonna miss all the Terri Schiavo related threads. > > Hopefully in a few days, after all the current threads fall off the front pages, someone will start a “Terri Schiavo: Still Dead” thread. You crazy optimist, you! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1206 "2005-03-31T18:15:43Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Hopefully in a few days, after all the current threads fall off the front pages, someone will start a “Terri Schiavo: Still Dead” thread. After a valiant struggle, Terri Schiavo is still dead tonight… ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1207 "2005-03-31T19:10:48Z")
Anybody care to speculate as to how many days will pass before the name “Schiavo” is not mentioned on CNN, FOX, et.al. ? I pick a week from this Saturday (enough time for the funeral, autopsy, etc., to be over and done with). And what’s with these protestors outside the Hospice? Do these people not have jobs? It must be nice not having to work. Maybe Randall Terry has a couple of dozen folks on retainer to show up whenever he feels like sticking his nose in other people’s business. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1208 "2005-03-31T19:12:35Z")
> [@Shadez](#): > > [From CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/31/schiavo/index.html) > > the fuck? I understand (I guess) that they are going to never want to be in a room together, but geez. (Though the article does say they were with her 10 minutes before she died.) > > How many weeks til he marries Jodi, you think? :smack: > > Shadez According to CNN this morning, the hospice had asked the family to leave, as they were about to run some tests to determine her condition. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1209 "2005-03-31T19:15:05Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > You go fuck yourself, shithead. They have spent years calling him everything from an abusive husband to an adulterous, murderer. They get zero consideration. Sorry. Not really in the mood to dish out a unnecesary personal attack back at ya. Please try again tomorrow. /S ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1210 "2005-03-31T19:16:09Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > According to CNN this morning, the hospice had asked the family to leave, as they were about to run some tests to determine her condition. Thank Og they were gonna finally find out what was wrong with her… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1211 "2005-03-31T19:17:29Z")
On CLTV, I heard a talking head said that with the advances in genetic engineering, there would be no limit to the number of cases like Terri’s in the future. After laughing manically, I lunged at the TV and…turned it off. WTH does genetic engineering have to do with brain cells deprived of oxygen just that much too long? HOW deep IS the ignorance in this country? I also heard of a bill in Lousiana re: not permitting “food deprivation” from any who cannot speak for themselves. All I can think of is all those babies, all those Alzheimer and Parkinson pts—as well as the PVS ones-everyone who cannot speak for themselves, yet may have given some indication to loved ones to not prolong their lives artificially…won’t matter a damn, apparently. Have we gone mad? PS-I am “pro” Michael, but do think it shitty that the brother and sister were told to leave the room 10 minutes prior to her death. Then again, noone knew when she would die, and also, given the rest of the hysteria present, I figure I’ll wait for the whole story… ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1212 "2005-03-31T19:32:13Z")
How was MS to know that TS was going to die in 10 minutes? It’s more likely they were taking turns as usual and it happened to be his turn when she died. In my personal experience of sitting with my dad while he died in a fashion similar to the TS situation, he just quietly stopped breathing at one point. There was nothing to alert us that something was about to happen. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1213 "2005-03-31T19:36:56Z")
Perhaps an analysis will also be done on Jesse Jackson, the result being that both of them are bereft of functional brain tissue. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1214 "2005-03-31T19:48:35Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Despite her death, I understand Terri is still fully responsive and happily greeting her parents. So I wan’t the only one thinking this then. Good. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1215 "2005-03-31T20:08:24Z")
According the end of [this](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=629359) story: \*A few feet away, a small group burst into hymns, singing the traditional song, “How Great Thou Art,” as Richard Jacobson, of Corning, N.Y., accompanied them on a tarnished trumpet. Jacobson, who has been playing religious and patriotic music outside the hospice for the past three days, said he didn’t really believe that Terri was dead.\* 😕 :eek: 😃 :wally :smack: :rolleyes: :mad: ☹ Not enough smilies in the world for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1216 "2005-03-31T20:19:19Z")
The potential for a series of “Elvis” style sightings of Terri across the country is immense. Still, hopefully the whole lot of them will now be able to move on & grieve. I doubt it will happen but its what they need. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1217 "2005-03-31T20:19:48Z")
Im happy for Teri, no matter what happens after you die it has got to be better than watching your husband and parents tear each other up over national TV! I have to give a big FU to Bill ORiely. You want to know what the “downside” was to keeping her alive Bill? You fuckwit? She didnt WANT to be kept alive!!! Several people testified to that fact!! Not just the husband you fuck!! why the hell do I even listen to him…? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1218 "2005-03-31T20:30:45Z")
> [@](#): > > “She’s got all of her dignity back. She’s now in heaven, she’s now with God, and she’s walking with grace,” Michael Schiavo’s brother, Scott Schiavo, said at his Levittown, Pa., home. Grace _Kelly?_ Cool. I’m waiting for her family and their “advisors” to claim she’s responsive and alert during her autopsy: “_Ow!_ Stop it! Put that _back!_” ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1219 "2005-03-31T20:36:28Z")
Perhaps one of the Doper Docs could write a letter to the Village Voice pointing out how wrong the assertions in this peice are… [Terri Schiavo: Judicial Murder](http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0513,hentoff,62489,6.html) I was really dumbfounded to see Nat Hentoff had written this pack of lies. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029/1220 "2005-03-31T21:06:14Z")
I saw that Village Voice article yesterday afternoon. I thought it was an April Fool’s joke. At least, I hoped it was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-poor-woman-die-already/295029.md?page=62)