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Shame on You
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Originally posted by sgtclub
From Glenn:
- But I do think that process, and the Constitution, matter. Trampling the Constitution in an earnest desire to do good in high-profile cases has been a hallmark of a certain sort of liberalism, and it's the sort of thing that I thought conservatives eschewed. If I were in charge of making the decision, I might well put the tube back and turn Terri Schiavo over to her family. But I'm not, and the Florida courts are, and they seem to have done a conscientious job. Maybe they came to the right decision, and maybe they didn't. But respecting their role in the system, and not rushing to overturn all the rules because we don't like the outcome, seems to me to be part of being a member of civilized society rather than a mob. As I say, I thought conservatives knew this.
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Another point that deserves to be repeated is that for all the crap that some conservatives have spouted in the last few years about the sanctity of marraige, when it comes to the decision about whether Terry Schiavo would have wanted to be kept alive for years in a vegetative state, cultural conservatives have ignored what her husband said, trashed him publicly in the worst way, and tried to take the decision away from him. Sanctity of marriage my ass.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 03-25-2005 at 03:45 PM..
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