Ok the Schiavo thing

I was hoping it would go away, but alas it didn't

let me lay something out on the abortion issue. I think the worst kind of politics are the kind that move into a woman's vagina. I think the use of religous arguments gets you nowhere in a political context. I think abortions are wrong, and i think that they do more harm then good. However i think using government to fix that is allot like using a 12 gage to kill flys. Forget the constitutional side for a moment.. i think the use of government on issues like this is like using a chainsaw to do neurosurgery. the government should be reserved for really big problems... and as the abortion procedure shows us this isn't something really complex.

So i was already biased against the National Political tribes that have lined up with war paint over Terri Schiavo. I thought they all needed a serious dose of some psych medication. However their insanity has forced my government in the dead of night to pass a law which says "We need another judge to say that the law in Florida doesn't say what it actually says". This is banana republic stuff... except they usually just do the honest thing of throwing the judge in jail for crimes against the state.

I like the old tradition started by the jewish priests that one does not make a binding and legal descion under the cloud of night. (yes.. i know rabbis now meet under the cloud of night.. but that is a relatively new thing) In Costa Rica all judicial actions must happen in the light of day. In daylight we are likely to see less government sneakiness then at the dead of night.

take allllll the many "what about this" medical theories about Terri and put them aside. as i pointed out over with Bill at the INDC Journal's crowd... here is the legal skinny

Florida Law says ( and the US supreme court and the State Supreme court in florida agree judge greer is right with the law) that a judge can at a legal hearing make a ruling based on the preponderance of evidence about what a persons wishes are.

that happened

Terri's Law #1) didn't change any of that -it couldn't legally-
and Terri's law #2 hasn't either

until you address this legally binding position of the court of florida you are not addressing the reality


It's over legally...Michael Schiavo can't stop it now. the court has ruled based on evidence ( and both sides put their best show on) this is what she would want

game over people

lets not flop around and try to take part in this horrendous family tragedy