GOPInsight has an excellent post related to the attempted state sanctioned murder of Terri Schiavo.
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government." --Thomas Jefferson
If the intentional taking of an innocent human life is defined as murder, does this definition somehow change if the taker of life is the victim's spouse, guardian, or physician? If one person says to another, "Here's a knife; please stab me to death, as I want to die," does this then absolve the knife-wielder from culpability for murder? Is it really murder if and only if the victim says it's murder?
On a similar topic, Beth as MVRWC posts the following quote, "Liberty and Happiness are only possible for those first allowed the right to live. If we have no right to life, we have no rights at all… "
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