I find it morally reprehensible that all the news is so devoted to this:
Royal (dumbass) Wedding, that they are completely ignoring the fact that a woman in Georgia was being brutally tortured and murdered by being starved to death. Regardless how people felt about Terri Schaivo, this case is completely different in many regards. This woman, Mae Magouirk is not PVS, has a living will that specifies that she not be denied food or water unless she were in a coma or vegetative state – and she is in neither.
I selfishly stayed away from this story as it infuriated me and created the helpless feeling that I had as Terri was starved to death. It’s a lame excuse at best. Fortunately, Linda and Greg, have devoted a lot more time to it, and gotten the news out. And now Mae is getting fed, but her selfish murderous bitch of a granddaughter is contesting it because SHE had decided that grandmother wouldn’t want to live that way. Maybe her cousins should decided that she doesn’t want to live with the insurmountable obstacle of being a See You Next Tuesday and should see how she likes being starved to death.
Just so everyone knows where I am coming from…
My wonderful dear sweet loving grandmother is 88 years old, she has degenerative heart failure, she can no longer see, she can no longer hear. Her body is wearing out, but her mind… that woman is as sharp as a tack… and if anyone tried to starve her to death because they thought she was too old or wouldn’t want to “live” like that, I would kill them. I would never allow anyone to do that to any member of my family and cannot understand where someone would.
It's the same issue I had with Terry Schaivo getting all the play in the news but the Red LAke shooting got very little coverage in comparison.
Posted by: Trench at April 10, 2005 10:44 AMIf you gave them a story line, "Murder In Progress", the media might take a look. Maybe if we got the voice of some little kid, 4 -5 years old saying, "They're killing my Granny", lots of tears and sobs. Unfortunatley they are all SOB's.
Posted by: at April 10, 2005 05:58 PMEthne, I just heard that Mae is getting nourishment, but the Granddaughter is still trying to get it removed. It's not over yet. Check out Linda's page. Lucy
Posted by: Lucy Stern at April 10, 2005 08:51 PM