The Nations Moral Dilemma

Here I go, getting into the nation's problems... I promise, I don't mean to be all that serious but this is weighing on my thoughts lately.

Terri Schiavo. Yep. I'm going to weigh in. But not on the moral issue of whether her feeding tube should be in or not. Not on the medical issue of if it does for 15 more years will she recover. No, instead I want to look at the circus that this issue has become. What I feel is a family issue (meaning personal and to be kept within family members and close friends, not the entirety of a religion and all the neighbors as well as congress, the federal and state court system, etc, etc, etc...) is being posted all over the media. I don't like being seen before I've showered in the morning, but every morning on the news I see the same pictures of Terri Schiavo where they compare a photo of her before the mishap and that video of her watching someone wave a balloon in front of her. But you know what, I'll leave all that alone too.

Instead, I want to create some thinking of the other people this event is affecting. Yep, I said it; more people are affected than Terri's husband, mother, father, and brother. First what about everyone else who has loved ones at the hospice she is being cared for at? They have to wait until security allows them in past the crowds of protesters and media. What about those people at the hospice whose family choose to visit less to avoid the hassle of getting in. Also, I read an article about a grade school that is located near the hospice. They have moved classes elsewhere as it is difficult for the parents and school busses to get around the protesters lining the streets.

So to sum up, many people who are not involved in this issue and possibly do not want to be involved have been disrupted so that this family can host their disagreements in a public forum.