Tom, good points. As I said, I had not followed a lot of the details so was not sure what backed up the “sleazy” allegations, but the facts you recite sure do seem sleazy. I also agree that feeding tubes are different than respirators; but some of the logic of many of the “pro-life” crowd would oppose detaching someone from a respirator as well as removing a feeding tube. Also, from my libertarian view, the feeding tube is not the issue–the difference between the pope and Schiavo is that the pope is not brain dead. It seems rather obvious that … Continue reading re: Schiavo and the Pope