All of those horrible celebrators of death who completely
misrepresented the Terry Schiavo case from EVERY angle -- moral,
legal, legislative -- should take a look at
this story (Drudge found it) about a man who was supposedly
in a coma and an irreversible "persistent vegetative state" for
23 YEARS (!!!!!) while actually conscious all along. This story
provides one more example of why it is always wise to err
on the side of human life. Not to trivialize the issue with a
cultural reference, but I am always reminded of the line from the
Shelley Winters character in The Poseidon Adventure as she lay
dying in Gene Hackman's arms after saving him from drowning.
"Life matters," she said. Yes, life matters. Yes, it does. And
what Ramesh Ponnuru rightly called "The Party of Death"
consistently violates that basic insight. In doing do, the Party
of Death is morally monstrous.
