The passing of Terri Schiavo this week was a momentous occasion for reasons that only disillusion, disappoint and disgust me. (Click here and here to read what informs my cynicism.)
Nevertheless, there was a silver lining in that dark cloud hovering over the public spectacle that was made of Mrs Schiavo’s (natural) wish to die with dignity:
More people now will execute Living Wills; and, this should ensure that a parade of strangers won’t desecrate the end of life decisions of other families with political and social agendas that have nothing to do with them.
Notwithstanding this silver lining, however, the legacy of Terri Schiavo will be dominated by the haunting images of her looking like death long before she died; and the absurd notion that we can look to the US Congress to resolve family disputes.
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