State detained 47 Americans who wanted to give water to Terri.
"State detained 47 Americans who wanted to give water to Terri."
If this happens again, there needs to be an organized pro-life movement that will send in thousands of people to peacefully, but firmly, walk forward to be arrested.
In India, when Ghandi's movement well and truly took hold, the lines of Indians who came forward to take the blow stretched for miles. And with every blow delivered, the British lost one more potential ally forever.
Nothing like that could be done this time, because there is no real organization for it. Also, it was reasonable to expect that the Governor or the President would use the forces they control to bring the whole sorry thing to a close. But they went AWOL.
I note that the Republicans in Washington are crowing about "holding the people responsible for this accountable".
That's nice grandstanding.
But just pass the damned Nuclear Option.
That is the response.
Not more chickenhawk posturing. We don't believe the posturing anymore. We demand specific acts and results, not more bloviations from cowards.