First, and Last, Post on Terri

Whatever one's views on euthanasia, why should pushing a pillow on Terri Schiavo's head be classed as homicide, when starving her to death over two weeks isn't? What can be said for systems of morals and jurisprudence where two weeks of torture is Constitutional but executing murderers who happen to be 17 years old isn't?

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From the Salt Lake City Tribune, under the headline "Five stranded elk shot; they faced slow starvation":

[Game manager Bill] Bates said it was apparent the surviving animals on the 25- to 30-foot-wide cliff were in trouble. Would-be rescuers returned Thursday with explosives, hoping to "blast a path for them to get back up," Bates said. "But there was just way too much to deal with." . .

After consulting with acting DWR director Miles Moretti, the five living bulls were shot to avoid a slow death from starvation. Bates said the condition of the animals was too poor to salvage the meat.

(via The Corner)