What's not believable is that people think he's doing this for the money. (even if the allegations of the $1m are true, and most of the stuff coming from the other side has been really slanted, from what I've see so far.) He deserves one million dollars (which, by the way, isn't all that much these days), not just as the obligations under whatever life insurance policy, but after having his private pain and an agoinizing decision turned into a rallying cry so Jeb can score points with evangelicals, and the pro-PVS faction can feel good about getting into heaven.
The Terry Schindler-Schiavo Foundation says there is no million anymore. They claim the settlement money has been spent on health care and lawyers. The husband inherits practically nothing from the settlement:
I hope that voters might see through Delay's disengenuos melodramatics and finally wise up. His display made me sick. I am not all that sickened by politicians anymore, because I'm used to it. But Delay's speech was just beyond the realm of anything I could imagine.
So sad.. i dont know who's right or wrong.. but all I see is a woman who is being starved to death.. and it just breaks my heart.
Cohen and r35352; Have either of you read the report from the Doctor that was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush in 2003 after 'Terri's Law" was passed to essentially support keeping her alive? I've posted the link already. In it he debunks all of the allegations of abuse or that Michael Schiavo is after money. This is from a person who is bit more than a neutral observer and technically is on the side of the Gov. since he was appointed by the Gov. to make a recommendation to keep her alive. You keep on bringing up information that has been disproven already.
In the lawsuit hearing in 2000 Terri's parents testified that Michael was the model son-in-law, was a "rock" to the family and that they couldn’t have made it through all of this without him. It was only after they learned that Michael would become the executor of the settlement money and that the parents wouldn’t see any of it that the "abuse" allegations started coming out and the family turned on Michael. Now who are the one's making this about money?
These protesters are absolutely ridiculous with their hunger strike. This moronic woman on TV is now saying that the courts have intervened with segregation many years ago so it needs to intervene now. These people need to get a life. They are turning a sad story into a circus. Does anyone really care if these idiots starve themselves to death on the street while they protest?
I've been following this issue on a few other news forums and while I support the legal position of Michael Schiavo and think that the Legislative and Executive branches of the both the US and FL have overstepped their bounds I'm appalled by the harsh and negative tone directed by many towards Terry Schiavo's parents. While I think it is time for them to let go I think they are also deserving of compassion and understanding. I'm not a parent and I don't even want to imagine the pain that they've been going through. So while those of us on the other side of this debate might not agree with the actions and rhetoric of the parents they are still deserving of compassion for what they are going through.
I guess you believe Michael. I still have reasons to question his veracity. This may be a biased site, but they quote Baden. If Baden has concerns.... http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article4168.html
So nobody else is concerned that this opens up a pandora's box of future "mercy" killings? Partisan hypocricy cries aside, it's terrifying to think that a person may be put down based solely on someone else's word. And if we allow vegetables and invalids to be put down because their life is deemed futile or they're inconvenient, doesn't this set a precedent for euthanizing the handicapped (mentally and physically) and the elderly?
Well, xxx number of courts that had the job to weigh his veracity disagreed. Of course they didn't exclusively focus on the unverifiable claims from her family & the pro PVS side (many of which are demonstrably exaggerated or patently ridiculous, like the Nobel prize "winner" , or Dr. Bill Frist's "video diagnosis) that you throw out all the time.
White House Embraces Culture of Death The White House calls it an "Easter Egg Roll." We see potentially viable chickens. How come Congress hasn't called an emergency special session to protect the life of Eggland's best?
Completely different scenario. In your scenario, independent doctors can render a medical opinion stating that the person is "alive". In this situation, the doctors have determined she has no viable functions. She can not feel, think, or do any activities that most of us would consider as "living" other than receive food through a tube. Because we as a society does not view a vegetative state as "living", you, me, and any other person can make a choice. This is why pulling the plug on someone in a vegetative state is legal and suicide is not.
I think you have a seriously flawed view of disabled and handicapped people if you view them as being the same as Terri Schiavo. 90 percent of her brain is dead. The majority of the grey matter where thinking and feeling happen has turned to a watery fluid. The only thing that's somewhat intact is the lower part of the brain where instinctual stuff happens like swallowing and breathing. Do you think of disabled people as being brain dead and lacking thought or feeling? You'd have to think that to make the argument you are making.
No no no no no! I was saying that this could set a precedent for other people to argue that they are.
Terry Schiavo can't swallow which is why they need a tube. One of the tests of consciousness is a swallow test which even a minimally conscious person should be able to do.
Didn't see this one coming http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050316235609990012 Jackson Urges Further Intervention in Schiavo Case By RON WORD, AP Jesse Jackson says he will call Florida state senators, urging them to intervene in the Schiavo case. PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (March 29) - The parents of Terri Schiavo met and prayed Tuesday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who called her impending death ''an injustice.'' Joining the conservatives who have rallied to the parents' cause, the liberal Jackson said he would call state senators who opposed legislation that would have reinserted Schiavo's feeding tube and ask them to reconsider. Terri Schiavo was in her 12th day without food and water. Her husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, has insisted that he was carrying out her wishes by having her feeding tube pulled. His lawyer said Monday that an autopsy was planned to show the extent of Terri Schiavo's brain damage. Jackson's arrival Tuesday was greeted by some applause and cries of ''This is about civil rights.'' ''I feel so passionate about this injustice being done, how unnecessary it is to deny her a feeding tube, water, not even ice to be used for her parched lips,'' said Jackson, who has run for president as a Democrat. ''This is a moral issue and it transcends politics and family disputes.'' ''I wanted the Reverend Jackson here for moral support,'' said Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavo's mother. ''I feel good with him here. Very strong. He gives me strength.'' University of South Florida political science professor Susan MacManus said Jackson's appearance shows that the life-and-death issues surrounding their daughter resonate beyond white, Christian conservatives. ''A person of faith, and not just a white, conservative person of faith will be seen as a welcomed change,'' MacManus said. Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler, said he visited his daughter Tuesday and said she was ''failing.'' ''She still looks pretty darn good under the circumstances,'' Schindler said. ''You can see the impact of no food and water for 12 days. Her bodily functions are still working. We still have her.'' After Jackson's news conference, a man was tackled to the ground by officers when he tried to storm into the hospice, Pinellas Park police said. Dow Pursley, 56, of Scranton, Pa., was shocked with a Taser stun gun and was arrested on charges of attempted burglary and resisting arrest without violence, police spokesman Sanfield Forseth said. The man had two bottles of water with him but did not reach the hospice door, police said. He is the 47th protester arrested.
