Bunker Mulligan "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." ~Mark Twain

March 24, 2005

Neal Boortz

Filed under: Society-Culture — Bunker @ 8:01 am

Neal Boortz is asked, “Why do you want Terri Schiavo to die?” He answers.

I have wondered the same thing.

Why is it that those of us who believe in an afterlife are so reluctant to leave this one?

8 Comments

  1. Because God made us to love life as much as we love Him.

    Comment by Paulie at The Commons — March 24, 2005 @ 8:27 am

  2. Boortz has some real stones to break ranks with so much of his audience on this issue, it’s admirable… I do not get the impression that he’s lying about his position just to generate ratings-inflating conflict on (or publicity about) his show.

    Comment by Bogey — March 24, 2005 @ 9:34 am

  3. I don’t think so. He’s a libertarian and I believe sincere.

    In such situations I think of Sam Clemens.

    Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

    All say, “How hard it is that we have to die”–a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

    Of course, old Mark Twain was a cynic.

    Comment by Bunker — March 24, 2005 @ 9:38 am

  4. I have no problem with Terri Schiavo dying. If she were dying of her own accord and being kept alive by a heart pump or a respirator, then unplugging her would be difficult but not objectionable.

    But she isn’t dying. She is being made to die, just as you or I would die without food and water. That’s a whole ‘nother matter.

    Comment by Derek — March 24, 2005 @ 10:13 am

  5. Derek, I agree with you. Which makes this whole thing difficult for me to even discuss.

    Comment by Bunker — March 24, 2005 @ 10:20 am

  6. Bunker, I can only speak for myself in this regard, but one of the tenets of my faith is not to be too confident that I’ve got my spiritual ducks all lined up.

    Life affords opportunities both to get ready to die and to get unready to die. I know we’re supposed to be ready to go all the time — “you know not the day nor the hour” — but as I’ll never be utterly certain of my destination, I’d prefer to have all the time I can grab for the packing.

    Everybody wants to go to heaven. Nobody wants to die. And that is as it should be.

    Comment by Francis W. Porretto — March 24, 2005 @ 10:35 am

  7. Every time I go to the hospital they ask me about a living will. This shows just how important making your wishs known. I would not want to live in the state she is in. To me he is doing the right thing. I just wish they could do it quicker. By the way I go to the hospital for cancer treatments. So this is something I think about a lot.

    Comment by jerry — March 24, 2005 @ 7:34 pm

  8. Jerry, my prayers are certainly with you. And thanks for the great advice. Something none of us think about until it’s too late.

    Comment by Bunker — March 25, 2005 @ 5:33 am

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