[Diva Betsy Ross]

They would have had to say that knowing that he was not motivated by______ fill in the blank , and that they meant to defraud a whole group of people into believing something that they knew was not true, causing them undo harm, and meaning to cause intentioanl harm to Micahel.

People are allowed to form opnions based upon the knowledge they have collected from various sources and apply that knowledge where they see fit. If everyone had to preface that by say, I believe, IMO we would have the courts system tied up with just slander and libel cases, and we would have created a whole new industry for the thought police.

[Poohbah]

They would have had to say that knowing that he was not motivated by______ fill in the blank , and that they meant to defraud a whole group of people into believing something that they knew was not true, causing them undo harm, and meaning to cause intentioanl harm to Micahel.

Only if Schiavo is declared to be a public person--and that is not guaranteed.