The World As Divided on Schiavo As USA

The Christian Science Monitor has up a nice piece on the various reactions to Schiavo-like situations around the world. It is not just America who has had to deal with this issue, but virtually every nation has had their own heartbreaking story of families divided by hopeless situations. Each has gone their own way - indicating the morality and philosophy of their peoples - but none has found it easy.

It is good at this time to remember that while this case is an American problem tangled up in our governmental structure as well as our morality, we are not alone in the world in having conflicting ideas about it. Robert J Sawyer put out a book some years ago exploring the question of what we'd do if we could really use an EEG to see the soul leaving the body - thus reflecting Sean's idea of seeing someone truly trapped in death - and the way it would transform society. I wonder if it would really change much of anything at all.