Re: [Marxism] Terri Schiavo: the right to live, to die, or to kill?

[Les Schaffer <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lueko Willms wrote:

>   What do other comrades think of this?

Lueko:

this about sums up the political issues here:

>>>>
Social conservatives, who have generated tens of thousands of calls and
e-mail messages in recent days, urged lawmakers to stay in the fight.
"Today it's Terri, tomorrow it's another disabled person," said Tony
Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, one of many groups
pushing Congress to act. "We've tolerated abortion in this country for
the last 30 years, and now we're talking about eliminating those who
cannot speak for themselves."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/politics/20debate.html
<<<<<

politically the whole thing is a smoke-screen for the Republicans to
dismantle large porttions of the health-care safety net while the
Democrats sit around sucking their thumbs (their task within the system).

les schaffer

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