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February 26, 2005
FL Judge makes another ruling ...
Dr. Shackleford carries this disturbing, but unsurprising, news about Judge Greer's sense of how best to serve justice:
Clearwater, Fla. In a shocking development in the Terri Schiavo case today, a Florida appeals court ordered Vatican doctors to remove all life support from the ailing Pope John Paul II.In a decision sure to have international repercussions, Judge George Greer ruled that although Terri Schiavo's lawyers had provided substantial evidence that the Pontiff responded to external stimuli by doing such things as "eating, talking, praying, and blessing the faithful," that such behaviors were simple auto-responses that in no way proved any type of self-awareness. Despite plans to attend Sunday prayers tomorrow, the judge proclaimed the Pope to be in a "constant vegetative state".
"We understand and sympathize with the feelings that Catholics, Christians, and humanitarians of all stripes have for the Holy Father," Judge Greer announced from the bench, "but this is a nation of laws. As such we must not let any moral considerations, whatever their source may be, interfere with justice."
Read the whole thing. Satire is a drink best served straight.
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Posted by Darleen at February 26, 2005 02:29 PM
Comments
Thanks. I hope it made the point effectively.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at February 26, 2005 08:34 PM