At the end of the whole sorry Terri Schiavo fiasco ...

[non sociopath skin]

... I have two abiding thoughts.

The first is my relief that she has found peace at last.

The second is my relief that I live in a country where this ghastly circus could never happen.

The Skin

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Thank your lucky stars....

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I hope this is the end

I'm getting tired of hiding half of the threads in GD.

Still, at least we have our own circus of the Chas and Cam Show to come over the next week or so, followed by wall-to-wall coverage of political spin for a month.

[Guy_Montag]

3. Do you think that we'll never have a case like this here?

I'm not so sure.

btw. going to make it damn clear to my parents, other family & friends, if I ever end up in a state like that, keep smacking me up, 'til I stop breathing.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Well, the case of the baby in Portsmouth has had nothing like the coverage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/4346687.stm

I probably hear more than most since it has occasionally made the local news.

[Nye Bevan]

5. The UK not having a Religious Right is the key

A large part of the circus was politicians pandering to the Religious Right, which does not exist in the UK.

[D-Notice]

6. Yeah...

Over here our politicians just pander to the tabloids, who are just as obsessive

[Briar]

7. Yet. n/t

[non sociopath skin]

8. Absolutely ...

... a religious right exists in the UK and Europe but is vastly outnumbered by those who have no time for its excesses.

The Skin