She’s Gone…
March 31st, 2005 | by Todd W |It’s over, but it’s not really over. If I were a praying man, I would pray for the family and for Terri, but probably not for the husband. Maybe I’m doing him a disservice, but I suspect not. There are just too many questions about his conduct, and I welcome a sympathetic education if anyone can provide it.
It has been a bit ghoulish, checking the news a few times a day, expecting her to die. I lack the emotional attachment of many on the ’she should live’ side, but I still feel the heaviness of a tragic course of events. As I said before, we need to consider the laws and be sure they are serving all parties appropriately. If there weren’t so many questions about the husband’s conduct, this wouldn’t have been an issue in the first place. As the ‘let he die’ crowd observes, this is going on all over the place all the time, but I respond by saying the difference here is in the questionable conduct on the part of the guardian.
Should our daughters fall into such a state, do we want a protective mechanism to examine the motivation and activities of the husband? Do we want to allow a verbal authorization, almost heresay, to serve as an instrument of intent? Valid questions, and I think if both sides can climb down from their perches, they would agree that these things should at least be examined.
Unfortunately, I’m not confident on the level of discourse elevating over the next month or so. Let each side vent, gloat, riducule, and spew. Get it out so we can move on to proper reform.
Maybe this wasn’t in vain.
