I was right about Terry Schiavo

From the National Review, in an article discussing euthanasia:

The threat of euthanasia is already a reality for some American children. Haleigh Poutre, the 12-year-old Massachusetts girl severely beaten by her stepfather last fall, had spent only eight days in the hospital when her state custodians began fighting for the right to remove her ventilator and feeding tube. Doctors had diagnosed her condition as a persistent vegetative state, but Haleigh recovered before they could euthanize her.

Haleigh’s case reminds us that child euthanasia can happen in any nation that has lost respect for the intrinsic value of life and the inviolable dignity of the person. The chilling reality is that although our depraved indifference to the sanctity of human life may not be as advanced as Holland’s, we are moving in that direction. "

Not too long ago in an independent libertarian rag called the Bruin Standard (UCLA), I argued that the Terry Schiavo incident was about life first, and not law or liberty.

In actuality, I argued that Schiavo should have been left in the hands of her mother who cared for her in hopes that she would miraculously ressurect. It was best, I said, that we err on the side of life and not death.

What does little Haleigh think of her parents who tried to kill her by starvation while she was a vegetable, who wouldn't wait for her and would not hold out hope?

Pathetic. They should be starved for having no common sense or patience with their own damned daughter.