Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Michael Schiavo

I'm still thinking about the Schiavo case. I'm going to dismiss some of the more lurid rumors I've heard/read about Terri Schiavo's husband and cut him some slack. I don't think he's really a murderer or at least not in the same way that someone who bludgeons his wife to death is.

In this case, I think Schiavo is probably doing what he thinks is right. This is my problem with this whole thing. If our society didn't countenance such acts, someone like Michael Schiavo would probably never consider pulling his wife's feeding tube. The "Culture of Death" that the Pope has referred to has provided Schiavo with the cover he needs to consider such an option.