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Article: Killing by euphemism.(THE SCHIAVO CASE)(case for ending the life of Terri Schiavo)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 25, 2005
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THERE Was an honest, forthright case for ending the life of Terri Schiavo. It was that her life no longer had any value, for herself or others, and that ending it--the quicker the better--would spare everyone misery. We disagree with that view, holding it wiser to stick with the Judeo-Christian tradition on the sanctity of innocent life. But the people who made this case deserve some credit for straightforwardness.
But while the public may have agreed with the removal of Schiavo's feeding and hydration tube, apparently there are limits to the public's willingness to tolerate euthanasia--and apparently its defenders recognized these limits. So we saw euphemism ...