I have to admit, its hard not to get emotionally overwrought about this. The first time I read about the husband prohibiting the family from visiting her, I was ready to get in my car and drive 22 1/2 hours to Florida just so I could spit in his eye.
Then I realized I didn't know what he looked like. I mean, if he wore glasses, it would have been a wasted trip . . .
I have a lot of sympathy for people who have been following this story from the beginning. If I recall, Terri's fight has been on FR for several years. The best of all possible conclusions would be for Terri to be rehabilitated and go home with her family, while Michael Schiavo stands trial for abuse.
Very true. However, I've been involved in cases much more distressing personally than this--the murder of my neighbor's daughter, a kindergartener, the murder of two of our clients within about a year, all three grotesque, violent murders. In all three cases, the ability to view them from afar was not an option. I was a witness. Been interviewed by the cops, the prosecutor, testified (and been beat up by criminal defense attorneys), all that stuff. But because I was a witness, and not an outside observer, I couldn't take a step back.
We are all outside observers in this case. We're not a member of the family and we didn't witness anything directly. People have deeply invested in this case for any number of reasons, and some have gotten into a state that bordered on hysteria. Because of that, it appears, no one is able to make corrections or to question. If one does so, the usual tactic is to insult, call names, flame and screed.
I AM ADDING: "...and ATTEMPTED MURDER, and MISAPPLICATION OF FIDUCAIRY PROPERTY, and PERJURY, and OBSTRUCTION of JUSTICE!"