RIP Terry Schiavo
Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
Here's something I am not clear on....I have heard two versions:
1. She could respond stimulation with slight twitches or whatever. This would indicate some higher brain activity. So she would have some kind of thought, emotions, etc.
2. She was measurably brain dead. No higher brain activity was ever indicated, only the brain stem keeping the automatic body functions running. This means tha she has no conscienceness, emotions, thoughts, awareness, etc.
1. She could respond stimulation with slight twitches or whatever. This would indicate some higher brain activity. So she would have some kind of thought, emotions, etc.
2. She was measurably brain dead. No higher brain activity was ever indicated, only the brain stem keeping the automatic body functions running. This means tha she has no conscienceness, emotions, thoughts, awareness, etc.
What keeps getting mixed up is the facts vs public perception. Terri's family was trying to convince the world (through the media) that she could respond to stimulation with slight twitches or whatever, and that she had some higher brain activity. They would videotape her almost constantly and when one of these blinks or twitches would coincide with a command or a light being put on, they'd use that as "proof" she was lucid. Being the media, all we saw was these clips. But the courts saw all the videos, as did the doctors. They saw her have zero predictable reaction to any stimulation, and they even saw her react to nothing at all when she was alone in the room. That is why the doctors tried for years to convince the family to let her go, and that is why the husband won every one of his law suits.
Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
If number 2 is correct, then she was essentially a human shaped house plant, and no more guilt should be felt in her death then would be felt mowing the lawn. Legally, I'm sure she can be considerd a person. But in reality, she has no thoughts, emotions, FREE WILL, concienceness or any of the characteristics we associate with human (and animal...except the free will part) life.
Medical Examiner's report is out:
Her Brain was severly atrophied. It was HALF the size it should have been. She was blind at the time of death as part of the brain problems. Doctor's also determined she had not been abused at any point including her initial collapse.
Her Brain was severly atrophied. It was HALF the size it should have been. She was blind at the time of death as part of the brain problems. Doctor's also determined she had not been abused at any point including her initial collapse.
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But it is so funny to see what money can buy in the U.S.A....how many average joes get the gov't to hold special sessions to try to block someone else's wishes.
What's to be said of the parents trying to buy their daughter back so they can tend to her, the media fed on this like crazy....until a more interesting subject caught the interest of America for more than 15 minutes...
What's to be said of the parents trying to buy their daughter back so they can tend to her, the media fed on this like crazy....until a more interesting subject caught the interest of America for more than 15 minutes...
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