I got lucky

I started to respond in the comments of my previous post, A lession to be learned, but then I decided what I have to say it worthy of a post. I am king of the castle here, and only here, so I get to do this type of stuff.

The reason I say I got lucky is simple. The comments from the previous post about Terri Schavio have, to date, been civil, intelligent and well formed discussions. Not everyone agrees, but I'm impressed at the civil tone that's been displayed.

When carolinagrayghost voiced an unpopular opinion, especially among Republicans and those that lean to the right (which I think a majority of my readers do), he was met with coherent well formed comments that didn’t attack personally him and the big point, they were logical. One of the benefits I have, that most don't, is that I know the carolinagrayghost personally and know some of the medical back ground and life experiences that he used to formulate his opinion. So while it isn’t popular opinion, I know where he’s coming from. I’ll also add this, if he felt Terri Schiavo had the slightest chance at recovering he’d voice that opinion too, popular or not.

After carolinagrayghost make a comment, John from WuzzaDem, replied explaining his side of the case. Which he’s based of research, he started out wanting to know why Terri’s parents had been allowed to interfere and changed his mind, after looking at both sides of the case. John does an excellent job of explaining the case to keep Terri alive; he has articles here, here and here.

Then The Mean Sister (who is 5'6" and a sometimes contributor to basil’s blog) responded to carolinagrayghost with an explanation of the painful loss of a child she endured and her view on the situation.

Me I don’t think I’ve stated one way or the other, and if you’re expecting me to do so now, well I’m not. I’m not sure what I’d do if I were in their situation, except follow in carolinagrayghost & John’s steps and get as much information from both sides and hopefully follow The Mean Sister’s (who is 5'6" and a sometimes contributor to basil’s blog) steps and make the best decision for my loved one. But that isn’t the purpose of this post. The purpose of it is that I got lucky. I’ve think I may have cornered the market on intelligent responses for the Terri Schiavo case. All the other sites with information about Terri’s case I’ve read that allow reader comments have been full of unsubstantiated claims and based on emotion.

On of the biggest problems, in my humble opinion, that the people pushing to keep Terri alive have to overcome is the fanatics. I’ve seen on other sites once someone mentions removing her feeding tube the readers attack like the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, and often times their arguements are about as realistic. At some point people need to realize that you don’t do anything to further your cause when you start making irrational statements and personal attacks, everyone knows the liberals over at the Deamoncratic Underground and KOS do enough of that.