Opinions: Who cares about Terri Schiavo?
Sunday, March 27, 2005
There is not one day when I do not hear hours of opinions and commentary about Terri Schiavo. In fact, the way some cable news channels go on about her, you would think that when she dies, their stations will die with her.
It is time for the extreme right to acknowledge that Terri is gone.
It is time for the extreme right to acknowledge that Terri is gone. It is time that we look past the plight of a woman who will never be able to enjoy a good book, eat an Easter dinner or watch tasteful pornography, and look at the people who are extending her suffering. Perhaps she still has a soul that is trapped in her dead shell of a brain. If she does, stop punishing it. Set her free. Her life is over. Take her life’s struggles as a lesson and carry on, we have life yet to live.
It is time to look at the real villains in this case, the Schindlers’ lawyers. They have made the most private aspects of their client’s lives into a three ring circus. There are more people in the United States that know the intricate details of Terri’s plight than there are people who know that Michael Jackson is standing trial. They have strung along these hopeful parents that only want the best for their child and vilified their son-in-law, who really only wants the same things. Right now, in China, there are thousands of people discussing this case.
Right now, in China, there are thousands of people discussing this case.
The Schindler lawyers should feel awful about what they are doing. They have taken a poor injured woman and put her family through hell. They have made a poor sick woman at her saddest hour a clown for the world to see. They have put advertising before ethics, and they probably go to bed at night with a smile on their faces for all the free publicity they are getting.
This is the time for those that really respect and cherish the sanctity of life to stand up and be counted. Find the Schindlers’ lawyers, their spokesmen, their PR specialists, their questionable specialists and beat in their heads with a meat hammer. It is the right thing to do.
Happy Easter
Alice Humbees, Opinions.
Although a parent should never have to see their child die, this woman has been classified as "Severely Brain Damaged" for 15 years. It's time her parents (Who are not her legal guardians, her husband is) moved on. Her husband has, but not without suffering the loss of his wife, if not completely on a physical level, most definitely on a mental level.
Removing her feeding tube, is nothing less than an act of mercy. I know that if I was in that situation, I would request that my family let me die instead of being a hollow shell that once contained my "spirit" or "soul". Keeping her alive when she's not even aware of it, is greedy, and deliberately cruel.
: 2:56 PM
