I originally posted this on
Provo Pulse, but I thought I'd post it here as well.
The last few weeks have been aflood with reports of the case of Terri Schiavo and her family. It has raised some very interesting questions that I have been thinking a lot about.
I've come up with a few things that I wanted to share with everyone and see what they think about it.
1)Does Terri have a right to live? Yes, she most certainly does. She is living just like everyone else. If that is her desire than she should be allowed.
2)Does her husband have a right to make a decision about Terri's life? One has to look at this from two different perspectives. On the one hand you have the spiritual side. I believe that it would definitely be wrong for her husband to knowingly deny her of food in an effort to ease her suffering. His intentions are good, but wouldn't that be considered taking her life? The other aspect is the civil side of the case. As Terri's guardian, her husband has the right, civilly to act for her in her disabled state. When she came of age and got married, that right was taken away from her parents. So legally they shouldn't have a bearing in the case at all.
3)Does the government really have the right to step into someones personal affairs like this? That's the really tough question. How do you look at the situation? If it were a baby and the parents were refusing to feed it, they'd get thrown in jail. Should Terri be considered a child? If that were the case then we should accept that the government could intervene. Should Terri be treated like a conscious being whose last wish is not to remain in a vegetative state? According to her husband, that was her wish. She would rather die than remain in that state. If that were the case the government should not intervene.
This seems to be one of those things that God throws at us to get us thinking and really examine our moral compasses. It's stories like this where we really try to figure out just what we stand for. For me, it has been really hard to decide what I would do in the position of Terri's husband. In all honesty I would prefer to die than to remain in that state. Is that considered suicidal? Would I be punished for that? Would someone who pulled the plug be punished for my murder?
I just want to see how all of you feel about it.
Well I just got done watching Utah lose to Kentucky. I wouldn't have minded the loss so much if Utah would have played a decent game. Andrew Bogut of Utah still got a double double, but it was not what you would call a great game for him. He missed a lot of shots that he normally makes, plus his free throw shooting was abysmal. 
So I really wonder why Wal-Mart feels the need to instruct us in these kinds of things. And really, if you put it in there doesn't that mean you are designating it as trash?
In case you've missed the news. A 22-pound lobster was caught off the coast of Massachusetts. The people who caught him lovingly named him 'Bubba'. Anywho, he was slated to be moved to a fish aquarium, but he died before he could make the trip.
