Posted on 03/22/2005 8:01:26 AM PST by tallhappy
This is different that what I have read.
In the interest of fairness, this is what the Schindlers said about Michael, until they started fighting about money.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/23/Tampabay/Schiavo_clash_is_root.shtml
Terri needs to die and be cremated so that Michael's crime is hidden. At this point, I am convinced he harmed her.
I could not refuse the family of my spouse, especially if I had moved on with my life and had two other children. I would have divorced and turned over that care as soon as I moved on with another.
That is the key for me, as well as the fact for someone who it is claimed that did not want to live like this is still hanging on with only a feeding tube.
This appearance of doing what Terri wants does not pass the smell test.
She is not in a coma.
I agree with that in a lot of ways. I think what made Michael decide not to give in to the family was testimony they made in court.
The Schindlers testified that even if Terri got diabetes and had multiple amputations, they would keep her alive. They also testified that regardless of what she would want, they will keep her alive. I've posted the link several times but have lost it in the midst of so many freepmails right at the moment.
I thought this was an interesting article that shows the Schindlers once had nothing but praise for Michael and even wanted him to date again. But then money reared its ugly head.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/23/Tampabay/Schiavo_clash_is_root.shtml
this would seem to give credence to theclaim that she needed her own legal representation
No. They said he should divorce her.
Don't lie.
"The Schindlers testified that even if Terri got diabetes and had multiple amputations, they would keep her alive. They also testified that regardless of what she would want, they will keep her alive. I've posted the link several times but have lost it in the midst of so many freepmails right at the moment."
That really does not bother me as one who does not rely upon 'man' to save life. Statements like this are not about money it is a parents love of a child. I would probably say the same thing, and yet do the complete opposite when faced with the actual situation.
How is it that the parents are held to a higher standard than a man who has moved on with his life? A decision was based upon a marriage vow, yet there was no marriage in existence, other than a piece of paper giving this man entitlement over her life.
I am not ready to make marriage mean this.
When one has a wife, and two children, but maintains the legal marriage to wife number one for the sole purpose of killing her, is it a legal marriage?"
....and why wasn't Michael Schavio charged with adultry?
"When one has a wife, and two children, but maintains the legal marriage to wife number one for the sole purpose of killing her, is it a legal marriage?""
That is the question I want answered, because a case could sure be made for it if this case is left standing.
Having a common law wife and 2 kids isn't helping his case much either.
This idea that MS has made some sort of noble gesture in the past by offering to give up the money if the Schindlers would consent to killing their child is laughable. An empty offer is no offer, it is bad theatre. Had he offered me that deal, I would have cold cocked him.
...reading.
Is that a crime in FL?
Someone called into Tony Snow and asked John Gibson, the guest host since he is still married to Terry and he has a common law marriage with that other woman if the creep of a husband can't be charged with poligamy
Are you really into posting partial truths and then accusing others of lying? That's good to know.
From the article to which I linked previously:
In some ways, Schiavo was treated as a son. He once brought a girlfriend home to meet the Schindlers, seeking their approval, and said they had encouraged him to date.
"I think I said he deserved to start a new life," Bob Schindler said in testimony in 1993.
He said he hoped his son-in-law eventually would divorce his wife and start a new life.
At the medical malpractice trial against doctors who treated Schiavo in 1992, Mary Schindler spoke with admiration about Schiavo's attentiveness to her disabled daughter.
"He's there every day," she said. "He is loving, caring. I don't know of any young boy that would be as attentive. ... He's just been unbelieveable. And I know without him there is no way I could have survived all this."
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