Much of George Zornick's column (" November in April," April 5) points to certain observations he noticed in the media. I was waiting for the shot at the thinkers on the right, and sure enough, it came.
He points out the "contradiction" of many people in the country, because they want Terri Schiavo to live, and yet support the War on Terror and the death penalty. The problem with that analogy is that Death Row inmates are allowed appeal after appeal, and have many chances to clear their name. I am not saying it is perfect, but that they have a chance. Terri had no such chance. She was killed by starvation by a man who all of a sudden wanted the feeding tube removed after he met a new woman, and then proceeded to commit adultery by having kids with her, out of wedlock, while he was still married. If he really wanted to move on, do it with dignity and honor and divorce her so her parents could cherish her.
The "contradiction" angle is an interesting one, considering it can be turned 180 degrees, right back on Mr. Zornick and similar thinkers. Why do they support the murder of children, and yet protest the War on Terror for losing lives? Many of the left view capital punishment by lethal injection - which is the vast majority of the time nearly instant and painless - as inhumane, but somehow starving a woman to death with no due process is okay?
Mr. Zornick points out that it may be a fear of death that is causing many on the right to want to save Terri. He admits that he is no psychologist. However the comment still shows how his "contradiction" can be turned around 180 degrees. Why is it then that people from the left would betray the country and run if a draft was ever instituted? Why is it that the majority of the military is not of leftist thought? I doubt it is the aesthetics of the uniforms.
