Bloggers' Best for Terri Schiavo

The interest and passion of public opinion is often dimly reflected in the main stream media, however here in the Land of Blog, a multitude of voices can make their opinions known in an instant. Those voices weave together and form a rich and varied tapestry of differing interests, perspectives and opinions. Every once in a while, however, an issue becomes a prominent thread in that tapestry as a large number of those voices join together on a common issue. The protection of the life and rights of Terri Schindler Schiavo is just such a cause.

For the Bloggers' Best for Terri Schiavo, I have invited bloggers to submit their best post for Terri to be gathered together here in one place. I also opened up the invitation for others without blogs to submit articles, thoughts, or just their best wishes. Though the deadline is past, I will still accept more links. Send them here. If you wish to leave short thoughts, please use the comment section.

May God hear the prayers that have accompanied the writing and the reading of all these posts, spare the life of this innocent woman, and allow for her to have the care she needs.

UPDATES: Since entries for Bloggers' Best for Terri Schiavo continue to come in, I will begin a "Part Two" post with newer entries. That way returning readers can more easily find posts they have not yet read.

Note: More information on Terri Schiavo here. Links to other sites here.

Background on Terri's Situation

In Terri Schiavo: Who Crushes a Butterfly with a Hammer?, Catez of Allthings2all provides background information on Terri Schiavo's case and makes an ominous historical comparison.

And in case you think blogging about these things is pointless, read this post from John Schroeder of Blogotional. In OK, This is a CRIME, he tells how the above post by Catez caused him to look differently at Terri's plight.

The JollyBlogger gives us an overview of Terri's case and asks, "What crime or act of war has she committed to warrant taking her life?"

Stephen of ChristWeb in Blogging for Terry, summarizes the case and helps us understand the core issues of this case.

From Observations of the SuperCAT! we have Musings on the Terri Schiavo Case, a question-and-answer document including some questions (and answers) not frequently addressed elsewhere.  The goal is not to provide information Terri supporters don't have, but to help them respond to issues raised by non-supporters.

Euthanasia: Where There is Life, There is Hope
When can the purposeful killing of a disabled or ill patient be justified?

Baillie of Christianity and Middle Earth submits a powerful post of her own family's experience in, The Ring of Power. She writes, "My brother went into acute respiratory failure a year ago September at forty-five years old. By the time I got the phone call, he was on a respirator in the ICU of a small hospital several hours from my home. Think SARS without the contagious aspect and you'll get some idea of what condition he was in."

bLogicus reminds us in Terri Schiavo's Value is God Given, that although there are reasons to counter Michael Schiavo's claims that Terri is in a persistent vegetative state, this is not what makes Terri's life worthy of protection. Terri Schiavo has a God given right to life that is independent of her health status or the wishes of her husband.

Parableman shares Active and Passive Euthanasia. After distinguishing between a number of philosophical distinctions involving different categories of euthanasia, I argue that common views on
euthanasia are too simplistic, including views held by liberals and views held by conservatives, but in the end very few cases are morally justified, and Terri Schiavo's case is not one of them.

MediaCulpa uses irony to make a powerful point in the satirical Schiavo and Arafat Trade Places!  In a shocking and little-reported development yesterday, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat traded places with Terri Schindler-Schiavo. At this moment, the jet carrying Terri is en route to the Paris hospital where Arafat had been receiving care, and Arafat's body is on the way to the Florida assisted living facility where Terri had been living.

Straight Up with Sherri sends us Your Little Girl, and She LOVES YOU! Excerpt: Every time you walk in the room, her face lights up. She smiles with her whole face, and the love for you is glowing from within. Looking deep into her eyes, you see the joy of having you near her. She LOVES balloons, and watches them float and bounce throughout the room. Each time you turn off the radio, she protests with grunts. You sing to her and she laughs. Then one day they come.......

A Penitent Blogger reflects on respecting God's gift of life, no matter how difficult or painful, in order to enjoy the perfect gifts of eternal life in Wait for the Gifts.

GM's Corner contributes Saving A Life. "Pickup of several sites promoting this issue, coupled with a number of thoughts of my own.  Calling a spade a spade regarding those who are "anti-death penalty" but don't think anything wrong with starving/fatal dehydration of Terri."

Diane from Crossroads sends her thoughts on Terri Schiavo and the slipperly slope we stand on when we begin to euthanise the desabled.

Corie of Insane Troll Logic sends us an absolutely beautiful (and not insane or trolly) piece, A Tale of Two Children: Or Why Terri Schiavo's Life Matters to Me.

Beth, of My Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy encourages her readers to not rely on media soundbites, but to take the time to find out the facts about this case in Learning about Terri Schiavo.

Florida's Responsibility to Terri
One of the major function of civil government is to protect the life, liberty and property of its citizens. These posts focus on the role of the State of Florida in Terri Schiavo's case.

Doc Washburn, a Florida radio talk show host, does not write a blog, however, he has submitted an article, Jeb Bush Could Save Terri Schiavo’s Life…If He Wanted To, which I have posted here.

Teknosis shares his Exortation to the Florida House Representatives and to the Senators of the Florida Senate. He brings up several issues of conflict of interest of which I (Dory) was not aware and urges the State of Florida to act on Terri's behalf.

In A Letter To Governor Bush, Florida resident Jody of thebandwagon shares her correspondance with her governor. By the way, Jody has on her site an index of Terri Schiavo articles from around the blogosphere.

In The Hapless Misadventures of the Pinellas County Court System: An incestuous tale, Hyscience brings us a late breaking post revealing the highly partial and outrageous rulings of Judge Greer against Terri Schiavo and her family.

Catholics In the Public Square contribute Liberty and Justice for All A Few. When a convicted multiple murder and rapist receives more justice than an innocent woman whose sole "crime" is having a disability, it is time to ask who are the real criminals?

David N. Bass contributes, Judicial Homicide, commentary for WorldNetDaily about how the courts have failed Terri Schiavo.

B. A. Higgins of A Certain Slant of Light shares his Open Letter to Florida Governor Jeb Bush, calling on him to see to it that Terris Schiavo's constitutionally-protected rights are respected.

TheJesusfreak sends us his letter to Florida's Judge Greer, Black Robed Dictators.

How Can We Reach Out to Help?

BlogsforTerri contributes their "BlogsForTerri" Attack Plan. "We are in daily contact with those closest to the effort to save Terri, and they believe what we have outlined here is the most effective way that over 100 organized and motivated bloggers can help save Terri Schiavo."

Dawn of WriteWingNut offers help in writing that perfect letter to the editor of your local newspaper in her Sample Letter to Use in the Terri Schiavo Case. She says, "I have composed a basic letter to the editor for those who may want to write their newspaper about Terri Schiavo, but aren't sure what to say or how to say it. Feel free to use this letter as is, or make changes or additions as you see fit."

The Kentucky Packrat reaches out to Michael Schiavo in An Open Letter to Michael Schiavo. He says, "This is an open letter to Michael Schiavo, with both an apology for my feelings of hate towards him, and a plea to turn over guardianship of Terri to her parents.

Paul Deignan, author of Info Theory, proposes in Terri Schiavo Pledge Drive that Michael Schiavo be paid off to release guardianship of Terri to her parents.

Mine & Thine sends us Terri Cries, a beautiful reminder to join Terri in prayer as she cries out to God. She says, "I am not a theologian, a philosopher, a politician or an activist. I am a mother, wife, daughter and a Christian… A theologian writes … All of these questions are important if not shocking. But a Christian mother, wife, daughter asks pleads only to our great God for a miracle. God champions the oppressed ..."

Times Against Humanity encourages us to pray in The Final Assault on Terri: Day 1 "Deliver Us From Evil" If Michael Schiavo begins to starve the wife whose bed and care he has betrayed, it will not be the first time. Now as then, we should heed St. Teresa's wise counsel to persist in battle against the forces of death, disciples of the Prince of Darkness whom we know by name. 

Ideas Have Consequences
These posts explore the philosophical and theological issues raised by the Terri Schiavo case.

Exultate Justi sends us "A Painless Death?" - Revisited. He says, "What is now called mercy, was once simply known as murder. When this crude Darwinism is the rule of the day, why should one be surprised when "survival of the fittest" makes no provision for the helpless? God gives life to man. Man kills God. Man turns on himself, and wonders why he's left alone."

Fr. Shane Tharp, one of the writers of  Catholic Ragemonkey, asks those who would see Terri die to reflect on the case of Sarah Scantlin, consider our treatment of the weak and think about what might be God's purposes for the lives of those who suffer.

Jay of Deo Omnis Gloria    sends us Terri Schiavo, Million-Dollar Baby and the Future What do the case of Terri Schiavo and the movie Million-Dollar Baby say about our future? They say one thing clearly: we misunderstand the value of Life in a tragic way.

Christianity Is Jewish, urges Christians to better communicate our worldview in Terri, In God's Image. "For the Christian who trusts God’s Truth, the Bible is the law. That is the bottom line and there is no arguing with people who don’t hold that premise. Such a cynical attitude has made me numb to dastardly evil decisions like the Terri Schiavo case. The only recourse is to reason the reality-fit and relevance of Christianity."

Is Terri in a Persistent Vegetative State?
Michael Schiavo claims that Terri is suffering in a persistent vegetative state. These posts explore that claim. Some of these posts mention video tapes, some of which you can access at Terrisfight.org . Also available at that site are affidavits containing the opinions of physicians and clinicians on this issue.

In More on Terri, Bonnie of Off the Top, comments on excerpts from an interview with Michael Schiavo and George Felos on Larry King Live, October 27, 2003.  Schiavo and Felos maintain that Terri's gestures and sounds are reflex only, as they claim several hours of videotape shows.  Yet they are unwilling to let anyone besides the judge view the tapes.

In Persistently Vegetative Old Media, Joe of Life at the Frontier says, Last night, NBC Nightly News presented a largely hopeful report ... .But then the report by Robert Bazell goes on to spread the by-now standard misinformation (or disinformation) on the case of Terri Schiavo.

Pro-Life Blogs has been a leader in publicizing the plight of Terri Schiavo. Terri Schiavo is Conscious, Struggles to Talk and has Spoken Words, details how Terri Schiavo has cognitive abilities, recognizes and responds to others and makes attempts at verbal communication. Twelve medical experts, nurses who cared for her, family members and, recently, a Catholic Priest, confirmed these facts.

Common Sense Runs Wild compares the Sarah Scantlin case to Terri Schiavo's case in light of the results of a startling new research study that shows people previously diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state are in fact more aware than previously thought in Fight To Save Terri Schiavo.

Neglect and Abuse
These posts highlight the treatment Terri Schiavo has received and the cruelty of the death Michael Schiavo says she would want to suffer.

Nick Queen uses satire to make a powerful point in Death Row Streamlining Proposal. Why don't we just starve death row inmates? Because that would be cruel and unusual punishment. Wouldn't it?

Life Matters! in Tale of Two Terries says Sarah Scantlin was not the first person to speak after two decades of silence, but the TAB (temporarily able bodied) bias that threatens Terri Schindler-Schiavo’s life continues to this day.

Stand in the Trenches wrote A dog’s life vs. a woman's life.From today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: "The [Nebraska] state Supreme Court granted clemency Friday to a dog sentenced to death for fighting with a neighbor's pet." That's fine... but where is a similar ruling for Terri Schiavo? Is her life not more valuable? After all, she is a conscious, sentient human being, who can speak. Is she of less worth than a dog simply because she's severely disabled, or because her "husband" wants her dead?

Your humble hostess, Wittenberg Gate, contributes No Gardens on a Summer's Day, which asks why it is that Terri Schiavo is deprived of even the most basic humane care, therapy and stimulation.

Would Terri Really Want to Die?
Michael Schiavo now claims that Terri Schiavo had told him that under the conditions she is now under, she would wish to die. These posts question the veracity of that claim.

At HCS's Pad Hescominsoon offers his opinion as he comments on A Message from Terri Schiavo's Father.

LifeSteward says, in Michael Schiavo Must Go, "Previously, I said I wouldn't question Michael's motives. Unfortunately, now that I am aware of this letter, I must."

Messages and Thoughts
Collected here are the quick thoughts and messages from those thinking of and praying for Terri and her family. You may add your thoughts in the comment section.

* Terri, I am only one of many that are praying and believing God to complete your healing.  I just want to encourage you to continue to trust in the one that created you and loves you unconditionally. Blessings, Nancy

* The Schindlers are willing to take on the responsibility of Terri's care.  Let them have her. They gave her life.  They should see her through to death.  No one has the right to play God except God.  Not the State, not any doctor or hospital, and certainly not her husband.

* Terri will be a Martyr. St. Thomas More had a few pointed remarks to the Court Official who perjured himself in order to convict More of treason. I am outraged by the treatment Terri is receiving at the hands of her husband. If someone could repeat to Michael what More said, he (Michael) would have reason to tremble in his boots. John Sims, Brockville Ontario, Canada

Comments

[janette]

Dory ~

Wow! You certainly had a busy day.

Thank you for taking on such an ambitious project and for helping to save Terri's life.

[Catez]

Well done Dory. I'm not the sort that gets on a blog cause but this situation is constantly on my mind and in my prayers. I pray we can be part of making a difference for Terri.

[cwv warrior]

God bless you, you did it! and God forgive us.

[CDattilo]

Dory, What a beautiful and moving work you have put together. Thank you for adding to the "good" in the blogosphere.

[Alnot]

As the father of a multiply handicapped son I have a personal stake in what happens to Terri. I have followed the case and the many who are outraged by her years long abuse. Thanks for fighting those who would murder Terri and many others including my youngest son who I have posted complete with pictorial history about on my journal\blog.

[WebNews]

THE SAGA OF TERRI SCHIAVO
Terri breathes on her on and maintains her own blood pressure, she requires a simple tube into her abdomen to her stomach for nourishment and hydration.

Cozy Bunch of Killers:
Judge George Greer:
"I don't want anyone trying to feed that girl," Greer thundered.
Ruler of the Kangaroo Court set on killing Terri Schiavo. Worked side by side as county commissioner with Barbara Sheen Todd (county commissioner) for eight YEARS. Barbara Sheen Todd is on the board of the hospice. Also, Judge Greer's fellow judge, Judge John Lenderman is the brother of Martha Lenderman (also on the hospice board! And more.....
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/terri.htm
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Michael's 6'6" - probably 260 pounds, and he, he's very intimidating physically. Uh, I think he bullies girls around as much as he can. I think he intimidates women.
What is Michael Schiavo afraid of?
See http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Terri_michael.htm

[Ellen]

Thank you for the opportunity to say this:
If Terri's husband is so het up to let her
starve to death, then he should not eat or
drink anything until she dies. Then, if
he is still alive, he will know the pain
he put her through.

[John]

Two weeks ago a thirty nine year old lady in Kansas came out of a coma. She had been in her coma for twenty years after being struck by a car as she walked across a parking lot.
It used to be thought that you had a small "window in time" to recover from a stroke after which your chances decreased greately. Current research indicates this is not true and seems to suggest one can recover almost any time; even years later.
Terri Schiavo is not even in a coma. Cannot her loved ones move her elsewhere away from a setting where they want to starve her?

[Diana]

I have emailed Jeb Bush personally with a message asking him to consider what he might be able to do in his position concerning Terri Schaivo. I am just one small voice I told the governor speaking for one who cannot speak for theirself. This directive comes straight from the word of God. Any judge who sentences a living being to death giving a death date should come himself under the judgement of committing premeditated murder. God help us.

[Chris]

Help impeach Judge Greer at the following website......
http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html

[supercat]

I've written a song about Terri Schiavo which I hope to have recorded soon. The chorus reads:

She's kept like a bird in a barren cage.
'Cos her husband keeps it bare.
No pictures, no music, no pets, no TV.
Her life is so lonely there.
But Terri is loved by her family
and by thousands from coast to coast.
Though_her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold
she refuses to give up the ghost.

The full text is here along with a MIDI file (The melody is a little different from "A Bird in the Golden Cage").

[supercat]

"A Bird in a Barren Cage" .wma is available at http://www.casperkitty.com/pol/bcage.wma (visit my blog and leave comments about the song there).

[Karen]

Didn't Dr. Kevorkian go to prison for euthanasia? How is this inconsistency possible under US law? I wish a legal expert would compare Dr. Death's conviction with Michael Schaivo's attempts to kill his wife with the court's blessing. Perhaps a legal expert could also compare the Schaivo case with actual cases in Florida where people starved dogs or cats to death. What is the penalty for that?

[Rae Stabosz]

Drudge Report has released an audio tape of Terri responding to her father on Friday afternoon.

The link at the Drudge Report is flooded but you can also hear it here:

Hear Terri.

She does not sound like someone who will not feel being starved to death. She sounds, in fact, like a brain-damaged child of my acquaintance who is being raised at home by his mother.

This tape is witness to a human life being lived although debilitated, for those who have ears to hear.

Rae

[Dan]

It seems to me that this situation inolves more emotions than clear thinking and practical application of the scriptures.

From all I have read in regards to Terri's situation and substantiated by several of the court's physicians, Terri has been diagnosed as in a vegitative state, with the chance of recovery remote.

Since the scriptures were written our world has changed dramatically. The ability for the medical profession to keep a human being alive when under normal circumstances they would die is now available in a lot of cases.

But should that warrant us keeping someone alive with total disregard to the state that person is in. A vegitative state is not "life" it is existance which is not cognitive.

I am a born again believer, but do not agree that "life" in a vegitative state is what we should be promoting.

If God wanted Terri to continue to experience life, would he not provide the means for her to receive healing?...from any number of ways. We as followers of Christ, have him to call on to provide the miracle of total healing.

After 16 years in this same state I doubt that is what God intends...It is we that are holding her back from experiencing The joy of entering into his presence.

As the apostle Paul wrote in one of the Philippians verses 21-23 of the new testament, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" and "I am hard pressed from both directions having a desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is much better." I see the passing of Terri to be much better, than what she experiences right now

If Terri is to continue to experience life, then let one led by the Lord Jesus lay hands apon her, and bring about total healing, otherwise let her pass on to a much better place.

In Christ, Daniel

[Sonja Rork]

Concerning the Terri Schiavo news at this present time~ I keep seeing "The Right to Die" phrase. Does this not show a partial siding by the many news stations towards Terri's husband? Why not call this story "Man's Decision to Choose Life or Death"? However, you know, that decision making is suppose to be God's job!
Because I am pro-life, (which does not seem like the popular/politically correct belief today) I look at this situation in a totally different way. Our Father in Heaven is the Creator of human life. He is the Giver of Life and there is no variance in the shadow of His turning meaning He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. His Holy Spirit reveals in the book of Deuteronomy, “Look, I set before you death and life. Choose life.” Whether life or death in a spiritual sense or in the natural now~ CHOOSE LIFE!
We are told by God not to murder. Yes, assisting in suicide is murder in the Lord's eyes. Some may try to justify murder by calling it mercy killing. Murder is murder. What some people do not ever think about in their emotional decision making is when their decisions are not based upon the Word of God, there are negative consequences for that.
What also concerns me about mercy killing is~ at what point will this all stop? Who will decide the factors in who is disabled enough in order to end their life? What about euthanasia? We will all get old someday. At what age will we be put to death for someone's convenience? Murder is a form of hate and this all could lead to another Holocaust. Where is the regard for human life? Murderous blood is on the hands of the judge(s) and those who deny Terri her life. They are no different than Pontius Pilot.
Real love does not kill, steal or destroy. Real love is when we make the sacrifice for that loved one. Which in Terri's case should be a husband who will sacrificially take care of his wife` for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, through sickness and health until death do they part. This word "death" meaning~ when Almighty God says it is time to leave this earth. If Terri's husband does not want to be faithful to her by preserving her life, then why not desert her over to her loving parents and family. They will surely care for her. But then wouldn't this prove him unfaithful~ he would rather play the mercy killer! Is he not the same as Kevorkian?
My most sincere prayers and thoughts to Terri's parents, family and friends and supporters who believe and trust the Lord in this situation, who know and who are willing to be obedient unto the Lord no matter what their own personal sacrifices may be in order to preserve the life of a human being. I am sure they welcome our prayers.
How sadly ironic this Schiavo situation is during this Easter season. Jesus Christ came to die once and for all so that we may have eternal life. He was willing to make that personal sacrifice for us so that we may know Him as Savior and receive His Promise of Eternal Life with Him in Heaven someday, and to have life abundantly in Him here on Earth no matter what we may face. In the Schiavo case~ a husband wants to sacrifice his wife so he can selfishly have a temporary comfortable life in this temporary world. Again, how sadly ironic this situation is during this Easter season.
Sonja

[G. Hubbard]

I read all of this with increasing distress, and I must ask a question of all of you fuming about Terri Schiavo. Why don't I see any of you when I visit nursing homes? I pass room after room of lonely folks, who'd kill for a visitor, sell their souls for someone to come in and listen to their stories.
As a liberal, I find it tragically comic that in the nursing homes I have visited, conservative republican Christians are as rare as atheists in a natural disaster. And please don't start about how "In our section of the country, what you're saying just isn't true..." Because it is.
As a nation, we abandon our elderly unless they suit our political needs, liberal or conservative.
So give an hour a week, even half an hour a week. If celebrating and preserving the dignity and blessedness of life are important to you, why do so few of you visit the Terri Schiavo's of this world? Put your body where your bible is and just start visiting someone. Anyone. But do it now. God is watching us and SHE's not amused.

[DEANVELD]

I'm glad we have a government founded on freedom of religion, freedom of speech. After having read a few of the ridiculous and uninformed arguments posted I reaffirm why I left any religious connection to a church and your ideas of a god behind. I too would rather die in a few weeks than be held prisoner to a horrible comatose existence for 16 YEARS with no hope of recovery. Imagine how she must have suffered because her parents refuse to let go of her mortal shell. They hold her in a state of hostage because THEY can't face her death. The person who was Terri will never exist again, is already gone. Left behind is a puppet kept alive by the cruely of the Schindlers. Let her remains go and stop punishing her for your inability to deal with reality.

[scott]

I am an active duty military member (and Register Nurse)with many co-workers and friends serving in the middle east. I have seen the death and destruction of war and I've seen the suffering and neglect in nursing homes. I'm glad that the Schindlers have managed to drag out and elevate this issue long enough that MY commander in chief (and congress/senate)have to deal with this instead of making decision concerning the the men/women fighting in Iraq. Maybe I should sue the Schindlers for the life of every military member that dies while the presidents is dealing with their issue.

[Carla Wood]

In this country, millions of people fight every day for the unborn, who live by the grace of an umbilical "feeding tube." Terri lives -- or did -- by a feeding tube.

The fetus cannot speak to defend itself. Neither can Terri.

The fetus is helpless, and completely innocent – to be protected by those who are stronger. So is Terri.

We do not know how much conscious thought the fetus is capable of. Neither do we know what Terri may be thinking, as tubes are removed, reinserted, and argued over around the world. As she hears that her husband has a new woman and a child. As she lies helpless, while the person who may have caused her situation argues for her death.

Should the rights of the unborn terminate with birth? Do we not owe the helpless LIVING something?

Why has she not received therapy? Do we actually know that her husband "found her" -- or did he have some part in her heart attack? Yesterday, Pat Boone revealed that he has discovered information about the police report concerning the night of the 911 call and Terri’s heart attack. The information indicates that the police wanted to take the husband in for questioning or even charge him because the scene looked so suspicious to them. Even though this assessment was made by professionals, this was somehow swept under the rug, and nothing was done.

Now that Mr. Schiavo has another woman and a child by her, why is he even still referred to as Terri’s "husband?" And why does he even care about this case anymore?

This man was offered millions of dollars to back off and he would not. Why?

My own instinct tells me that he is terrified that Terri will regain consciousness and out him as having caused her situation.

Terri may not be able to ask us to keep her tube in or to pull it. But she is also unable to tell us what happened, to demand that he be disinherited, or to ask for a divorce.

Last night, the husband's attorney said that his client is sitting at his wife's side, where he will stay till she dies -- as though that were a noble act, somehow, when he is killing her. It was chilling to me. I believe he is guarding her, lest she rally at the final moment and accuse him.

If the umbilical connection between mother and fetus is destroyed due to the murder of the mother, many states charge the murderer with manslaughter of the infant, as well. This was illustrated recently in the Scott Peterson case.

The facts in this case are simple: Terri is alive. She is conscious. The last time I checked, killing someone in that state of being was called murder. Yet, we have judges who sit like apathetic onlookers watching an assault – and they do nothing. This is a sad day for humanity.

[Kim Roden]

Is Judge Greer married? I just wondered if he has something against women. He's got to have something mentally wrong with him to ignore so many facts and just go on the word of one very questionable man. To respond to the military person above. You don't think the President can deal with more than one issue at a time? Should he not be speaking of the social security issue right now either? or where we can get more oil? He is dealing with Irag and every other country in the middleast right now!!!! Terri's case recieved so much attention because she has not be given due process. If we are fighting in Iraq so make things better there, we had better be sure we are doing things right in our homeland.

[democrat]

Very often in our history, there have been instances of one group of people or another being discriminated against, their rights denied or abused, and when we as a nation have corrected these wrongs it always began with one case and more often than not with a case that drew wide public attention.

[taylor]

Since Michael Schiavo will not allow Terri to have a proper burial and insist on cremating her , (was that cremation also her wishes also Michael ?) or just another way to control and cover up, when Michael does cremate Terri , I think Terri supporters should go to Michael and Jodi home on MARRIE CT CLEARWATER, FL (off of Enterprise) around the clock to mourn Terri forever and I hope the public will never let them live in peace. but remind them daily that the public will never forget that they murdered Terri. I also believe Jodi was part of this murder. Terri will have the last word after the autopsy .Terri go in peace and be with God