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Culture of Life vs. Culture of Death

Michael Schiavo's post-modernist barbarism is contrasted with a more civilized, and much more deeply humanistic approach, in this case firmly rooted in the Judeo part of the recently much maligned "Judeo-Christian tradition".

After relating an account that illustrates what COULD have been done in Terri Schiavo's case, the writer concludes with:

And a society which defines life only in terms of the capacity to experience a certain set of pleasures is on the road towards elimination of those who lack a certain societally determined "quality of life." Indeed the killing by starvation of a sentient, responsive woman, who requires no more life support than an infant, is already well down that road.

That slippery slippery slope is rapidly traversed. In the Netherlands, where euthanasia is legal, there is growing evidence that many elderly and infirm people feel pressured by their families to "consent" to their own killing so as not to constitute a burden on them. By following the recommendation of Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer to jettison "doctrines about the sanctity of life," the Netherlands has, in just a few years, come close to Singer's own ideal of a society in which it is "the refusal to accept killing that, in some cases, [will be seen] as horrific."

May we continue to be guided by the Biblical injunction: Choose life.

It doesn't get a whole lot more inspirational than this. Read the whole thing! It'll be good for your soul.