In the old days, a story like Terri Schiavo's, and its larger importance would have been known weeks or months later, not virtual minutes.
Holy Week: A Good Time to Die, If You're a Christian
Meaning no disrespect, but think about it. The last public death spectacle on Good Friday really turned out pretty good.
The Storm in Florida (what is it about Florida?)
I still continue to pray for Terri Schiavo and for those in power who are called upon to make the life-sustaining decisions that will help her. I've written about my own distress at having been through the death watch of my mother, who chose to stop all nourishment. I have tried to get people to see is that what is happening to Terri is probably premature at best, and at worst, a killing of a human being who has beem victimized.
Those who don't agree with me can talk till the cows come home about this case being a right-to-die. It simply is not. Regardless of what this poorly written law says, the moral intent of the law should be that if there is no written living will and instructions, there shall be no intervention. From anyone. This is where the right-to-die people miss it. We simply do not know for sure if Terri wanted to die. And that should make a huge difference all the way around. No tickee, no pull plugee, or tubee.
All I can do is continue to pray for an Easter miracle for Terri. Even the Pope rose above his illness to speak out about the immorality of this act, likening it to "capital punishment." Today he has relapsed and is near death.
Are these "coincidences" actually a message again writ large by The Almighty which reminds us to kill not an innocent person. Well? He's done stuff like that before, you know.
So What's the Perfect Storm?
My screenwriter's brain automatically looks for the plot line of a realtime story. I look for all the things to go wrong that shouldn't, observe human behavior as it relates to a character arc, or how people change, grow and develop. The Schiavo story has all the marks of one of the most fabulous scripts in the world with everything--sex, money, greed, law and possible homicide. Since it's fantasy, right? People buy into it as a story.
I hope this is rather God's immense docudrama reminding man he must act humanely and help get to the truth before killing a person--any person.
Thanks for the read.
Holy Week: A Good Time to Die, If You're a Christian
Meaning no disrespect, but think about it. The last public death spectacle on Good Friday really turned out pretty good.
The Storm in Florida (what is it about Florida?)
I still continue to pray for Terri Schiavo and for those in power who are called upon to make the life-sustaining decisions that will help her. I've written about my own distress at having been through the death watch of my mother, who chose to stop all nourishment. I have tried to get people to see is that what is happening to Terri is probably premature at best, and at worst, a killing of a human being who has beem victimized.
Those who don't agree with me can talk till the cows come home about this case being a right-to-die. It simply is not. Regardless of what this poorly written law says, the moral intent of the law should be that if there is no written living will and instructions, there shall be no intervention. From anyone. This is where the right-to-die people miss it. We simply do not know for sure if Terri wanted to die. And that should make a huge difference all the way around. No tickee, no pull plugee, or tubee.
All I can do is continue to pray for an Easter miracle for Terri. Even the Pope rose above his illness to speak out about the immorality of this act, likening it to "capital punishment." Today he has relapsed and is near death.
Are these "coincidences" actually a message again writ large by The Almighty which reminds us to kill not an innocent person. Well? He's done stuff like that before, you know.
So What's the Perfect Storm?
My screenwriter's brain automatically looks for the plot line of a realtime story. I look for all the things to go wrong that shouldn't, observe human behavior as it relates to a character arc, or how people change, grow and develop. The Schiavo story has all the marks of one of the most fabulous scripts in the world with everything--sex, money, greed, law and possible homicide. Since it's fantasy, right? People buy into it as a story.
I hope this is rather God's immense docudrama reminding man he must act humanely and help get to the truth before killing a person--any person.
Thanks for the read.
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