Terri Schiavo?
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Terri's brother went out this morning and asked the protesters to stop. To let her go in peace. They refused to.
I guess you can create pawns but it's tough to just turn them off. See it turns out they aren't really doing this for Terri. It's for themselves.
I think I can see how tough it would be for Terri's parents. They disagree with the husband and have made it their mission to stop him. They are doing this thing which they think is right for their daughter who they care for. It's these other parasites who are turning this poor woman's plight into a cause they can profit from. Not profit in the financial sense but gain some advantage for their beliefs.
Of course Terri's parents used them for their advantage in the first place.
I guess you can create pawns but it's tough to just turn them off. See it turns out they aren't really doing this for Terri. It's for themselves.
I think I can see how tough it would be for Terri's parents. They disagree with the husband and have made it their mission to stop him. They are doing this thing which they think is right for their daughter who they care for. It's these other parasites who are turning this poor woman's plight into a cause they can profit from. Not profit in the financial sense but gain some advantage for their beliefs.
Of course Terri's parents used them for their advantage in the first place.
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Originally Posted by The Unabageler,Mar 28 2005, 09:58 AM
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Schiavo's Parents 'Dealing With Reality'
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By MARK LONG, Associated Press Writer
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Terri Schiavo was extremely weak and emaciated Monday but still responded to her family and had "incredible strength to live," her father said after visiting her at the hospice where the brain-damaged woman entered her 11th day without food or water.
"I was scared to death to go in there to see her," Bob Schindler told reporters outside the hospice. "I plead again with the powers that be, don't give up on her. We haven't given up on her and she hasn't given up on us."
Schindler and his wife, Mary, and their supporters pressed again for President Bush, Congress and the president's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, to intervene to have her feeding tube reinserted.
The Schindlers dispute that their daughter is in a persistent vegetative state as court-ordered doctors have determined. Schiavo's husband, Michael, contends his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially.
At least a dozen officers were assigned to the site Monday, a day after five supporters of the Schindlers were arrested as protesters heckled police and boisterously chanted "Give Terri water." A next-door elementary school was closed for the week so students could avoid the throng.
Schindler said he recognized that his daughter is dying but insisted it was not too late to save her and that she was "fighting like hell to live and she's begging for help. ... She has just incredible strength to live."
About a dozen protesters led by a family spokesmen, the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, flew to Washington on Monday and gathered across from the White House, imploring leaders to order Schiavo's feeding tube reconnected. President Bush's aides have said they ran out of legal options to help the woman.
Gov. Bush said Monday that while it "made sense" to have federal courts review the case, he had to respect their decisions last week not to order the tube reinserted.
"I have not seen any means by which the executive branch can get involved. My legal counsel has talked to the Schindler family and their lawyer over the weekend," Bush said. "My heart is broken about this."
Neither Schiavo's parents nor her husband offered new, specific details on her condition, but one of the two priests who visited her hospital room Easter Sunday said her "death is imminent."
The Rev. Paul O'Donnell, a Roman Catholic Franciscan monk and a spokesman for the Schindlers, said Schiavo smiled, raised her hands and made guttural sounds late Sunday while being visited by her father and a friend, who was talking about how she liked to go out dancing.
"They are dealing with reality," O'Donnell said of the Schindlers in an interview on NBC's "Today." "They know their daughter is dying. They know what is about to happen."
Michael Schiavo's attorneys did not return calls seeking comment Monday.
Fewer than 10 protesters stayed overnight in rain and wind. One man was arrested before dawn trying to take a jug of water to Schiavo. More than 30 protesters were outside the hospice later Monday, most carrying signs and milling about quietly.
Schiavo's mother did not visit her daughter on Easter, emotions keeping her from the hospice for the first time since Terri's feeding tube was removed 10 days ago, O'Donnell said.
"If she goes in there again, we might have to take her to the hospital," O'Donnell said.
But the woman's parents claimed one Easter victory: Schiavo's husband, Michael, allowed her to receive communion wine.
As her brother, sister and brother-in-law watched, the Rev. Thaddeus Malanowski held Terri's right hand as he and the hospice priest, the Rev. Joseph Braun, placed the droplet on her tongue. Malanowski also anointed her with holy oil, offered a blessing and absolved her of sin.
"She received the blood of Christ," said Malanowski, adding he could not give her a fleck of communion bread because her tongue was too dry.
Tensions were noticeably heightened both among the protesters and, apparently, among the closest confidants to the woman's parents. David Gibbs III, their lead lawyer, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that Schiavo has "passed where physically she would be able to recover."
"In the family's opinion, that is absolutely not true," spokesman Randall Terry said outside the hospice.
The Schindler family, also bothered by repeated arrests and heightened anger outside the hospice, pleaded with supporters to spend Easter with their families. They had little success; five people were arrested and chants of "Give Terri water!" echoed for much of the day.
At least two more state-filed appeals were pending, but they were before the state 2nd District Court of Appeal, which has rebuffed the governor's previous efforts in the case. Bush's office and the court clerk said Monday it was unclear when the appeals judges would rule.
Doctors have said Schiavo, 41, would probably die within a week or two once the feeding tube
17 minutes ago
Add to My Yahoo! Top Stories - AP
By MARK LONG, Associated Press Writer
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Terri Schiavo was extremely weak and emaciated Monday but still responded to her family and had "incredible strength to live," her father said after visiting her at the hospice where the brain-damaged woman entered her 11th day without food or water.
"I was scared to death to go in there to see her," Bob Schindler told reporters outside the hospice. "I plead again with the powers that be, don't give up on her. We haven't given up on her and she hasn't given up on us."
Schindler and his wife, Mary, and their supporters pressed again for President Bush, Congress and the president's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, to intervene to have her feeding tube reinserted.
The Schindlers dispute that their daughter is in a persistent vegetative state as court-ordered doctors have determined. Schiavo's husband, Michael, contends his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially.
At least a dozen officers were assigned to the site Monday, a day after five supporters of the Schindlers were arrested as protesters heckled police and boisterously chanted "Give Terri water." A next-door elementary school was closed for the week so students could avoid the throng.
Schindler said he recognized that his daughter is dying but insisted it was not too late to save her and that she was "fighting like hell to live and she's begging for help. ... She has just incredible strength to live."
About a dozen protesters led by a family spokesmen, the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, flew to Washington on Monday and gathered across from the White House, imploring leaders to order Schiavo's feeding tube reconnected. President Bush's aides have said they ran out of legal options to help the woman.
Gov. Bush said Monday that while it "made sense" to have federal courts review the case, he had to respect their decisions last week not to order the tube reinserted.
"I have not seen any means by which the executive branch can get involved. My legal counsel has talked to the Schindler family and their lawyer over the weekend," Bush said. "My heart is broken about this."
Neither Schiavo's parents nor her husband offered new, specific details on her condition, but one of the two priests who visited her hospital room Easter Sunday said her "death is imminent."
The Rev. Paul O'Donnell, a Roman Catholic Franciscan monk and a spokesman for the Schindlers, said Schiavo smiled, raised her hands and made guttural sounds late Sunday while being visited by her father and a friend, who was talking about how she liked to go out dancing.
"They are dealing with reality," O'Donnell said of the Schindlers in an interview on NBC's "Today." "They know their daughter is dying. They know what is about to happen."
Michael Schiavo's attorneys did not return calls seeking comment Monday.
Fewer than 10 protesters stayed overnight in rain and wind. One man was arrested before dawn trying to take a jug of water to Schiavo. More than 30 protesters were outside the hospice later Monday, most carrying signs and milling about quietly.
Schiavo's mother did not visit her daughter on Easter, emotions keeping her from the hospice for the first time since Terri's feeding tube was removed 10 days ago, O'Donnell said.
"If she goes in there again, we might have to take her to the hospital," O'Donnell said.
But the woman's parents claimed one Easter victory: Schiavo's husband, Michael, allowed her to receive communion wine.
As her brother, sister and brother-in-law watched, the Rev. Thaddeus Malanowski held Terri's right hand as he and the hospice priest, the Rev. Joseph Braun, placed the droplet on her tongue. Malanowski also anointed her with holy oil, offered a blessing and absolved her of sin.
"She received the blood of Christ," said Malanowski, adding he could not give her a fleck of communion bread because her tongue was too dry.
Tensions were noticeably heightened both among the protesters and, apparently, among the closest confidants to the woman's parents. David Gibbs III, their lead lawyer, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that Schiavo has "passed where physically she would be able to recover."
"In the family's opinion, that is absolutely not true," spokesman Randall Terry said outside the hospice.
The Schindler family, also bothered by repeated arrests and heightened anger outside the hospice, pleaded with supporters to spend Easter with their families. They had little success; five people were arrested and chants of "Give Terri water!" echoed for much of the day.
At least two more state-filed appeals were pending, but they were before the state 2nd District Court of Appeal, which has rebuffed the governor's previous efforts in the case. Bush's office and the court clerk said Monday it was unclear when the appeals judges would rule.
Doctors have said Schiavo, 41, would probably die within a week or two once the feeding tube