Reply #62: Clarified [View All]

[magnussun]

"I was under the impression that, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Michael Schiavo is "the family." Pls clarify?"

Blood relatives---Mom, dad, brother and sister, who are having dispute with husband. Husband gets his way and has tube removed (I don't disagree with that), against BLOOD family wishes. Is it too much to turn her body over to the family she spent the vast majority of her life with?

"You find cremation to be a vicious act?"

Are you for real? Cremation is a vicious act when the family is Catholic and Catholic burials do not include cremation. Can he allow them this ONE wish? Why does he insist on cremation when every person who loves her wishes her to be buried according to her faith?

"And for extra points, can you prove your assertion that Bob Schindler "genuinely loves his (step)daughter and believes what he says"?"

Assertion? You are so caught up in this that you actually believe he doesn't care about his daughter? That he spent all those years loving her and raising her in preparation for his role as a right-wing actvist?

"It's fine to believe that, and it's generally a safe assumption, but when you state it as fact it should be supported by evidence."

Why quibble with that part of my post? Look. I am an independent. I don't hate everyone the left hates, nor those who the right hates.
It seems that partisans can't accept moderation, or questions, at all.
Discussion is the only way to find the truth, and it is the truth we want, right? Or is Terri a pawn, whereby "sides" try to "win?"

Can't you have compassion for her family and for what they are going through--regardless of disagreement with them? They are human beings, who have suffered right along with Terri. I frankly think the tube should have pulled after a year or two--but that does not mean I can't understand her parents' grief.

M