Posted on 03/16/2005 12:21:57 PM PST by pleasedontzotme
Dear Freepers:
This is my first post here, and it may very well be my only one, but I wanted to just thank you all for being such a great resource for information on the Terri Schiavo case.
I usually come here when my blood pressure is just too low, because I’d have to say I usually (okay, almost always) disagree with the views expressed here. (dons flame suit) But I admire you folks as a community of individuals who care about each other and about your country. While I disagree with most of the policies espoused here, you still are patriotic Americans and it shines through. There is clearly an intelligence to the discussion level here and I learn many facts.
Through lurking here on FR (and, let’s be honest, that IS what I’m doing :-) ), I’ve gotten to learn so much about the Terri Schiavo case. As a third-year law student and one who has recently had the opportunity to watch the justice system at its absolute worst in a case involving a dear friend of mine, I am gravely concerned by the way Judge Greer has acted, and the ignoring of the misdeeds of Michael Schiavo. (Not to mention the darned videos of Terri, which so clearly show her to be responsive. Or the refusal of Michael S. or Greer to allow her to go through therapy. Or Michael’s 1992 testimony “I want to care for her for the rest of her life...” (ugh) Or...well, I could go on.
Anyway, folks, the information y’all have provided here on this issue has been terrific. Regardless of the outcome of this case, and I don’t know that I have a whole lot of hope for a good outcome, I just wanted to say how much fun it is being on the same side of the fence with you all for once.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go back to hugging a tree or putting on Birkenstocks or eating Ben & Jerry’s, or whatever it is that “people like me” do.
Respectfully, gRATefully (just a tip of the hat to Freeper sensibilities), and with hope Terri’s life can be spared,
PleaseDontZotMe
Thanks. :^)
LOL
Welcome, stay awhile, and please don't read any of the Atlanta killing threads.
And yet, somehow, I am.
No, I'm big on patriotism, hard work and ending wasteful/inefficient government programs. But the devil is, as always, in the details...so, I think while most folks agree on broad themes, it's how we get there that makes for disagreements.
But, insofar as you all have been so welcoming, and I am something of a guest here, I'm certainly not going to try to lob grenades. I will tread as lightly as I possibly can, and try to seek out areas of common agreement.
Everyone screaming at each other will accomplish nothing.
Hehe, take a number. (My dad, family friends, one of my good friends, et cetera.) :-)
Keep this up...and we might have to send you the secret decoder ring.
Actually, the Birkenstocks were metaphorical. I've never been able to wear them and keep my balance, although I do wear slip-ons.
I've never been big on DU, although part of it is that they don't let you register unless you have a non-web-based email address and part of it is that I find the graphical interface here so much easier to navigate.
Pretty much what FR is about is, "how do we get there from here?" And you will find as many opinions on that as there are posters here.
Welcome aboard.
I do pray. Frequently.
Thanks!
Birkenstocks, if ya really wear them.
Nevermind, just saw the other post.
Hey, try 'em!
My suggestion, examine the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. If He rose, He proves His case to be God Himself, and then His teachings are true. Read those teachings to get a foundation for your philosophical and ethical and intellectual views.
Your politics or profession aren't the issue to God. It's what do you think of Jesus Christ, do you believe and trust Him for your information about morality, eternity, etc, or do you not believe.
Your worldview can never be right if it's based on contadictions to the eyewitness evidences corroborating Jesus' real, physical resurrection and Deity. Welcome here!
Keeps the mods busy! :-)
"Welcome to the party, Pal."
You sound well reasoned. I hope you will stick around awhile.
One thing about FreeRepublic---you can't be here long and not learn a whole lot. Freepers are some of the most intelligent folks on the planet, matched only by their innate goodness.
You seem like you would be more at home here than at say, DU.
In general, I have found there to be just a paucity of reporting, good, bad or indifferent, on this case, to my great frustration. The link to the site that was hacked last night (the name of which escapes me, something like the Herald-Journal) has had up-to-date information, but I do view that as advocacy/journalism and hence do tend to be a little suspicious of it. I think the St. Pete newspaper has done the best. (I've learned that often, a national news story is best covered by the papers to which it is local news.)
My feelings on media bias are complicated. I do think there can be a liberal bias in the media sometimes, and that irks me; however, I also think that "liberal media bias!" sometimes becomes a rallying cry whenever conservatives don't like what is printed. (Democrats also do this frequently.)
The biggest bias, I sometimes think, is an anti-whoeversupthatday story. In 1992, the story was all about how George Bush (41) couldn't keep from looking at his watch. In the first two years of Clinton's term, it was about how disorganized he was (which, btw, he was). It's like the old analogy of presidential debates to auto races. People don't come to watch them for the racing, they come to watch them for the crashes. The media's the same.
Anyway, I'd like to see someone, at some point, do a lengthy, in-depth reporting on the folks in the Schiavo matter. Not just who they are now, but what they were like before. How the whole thing has played out.
I was telling my grandma about the case (she is a pro-life Catholic) and she started out believing that it was a case of "parents wanting to hang on to something that isn't there" and moved to being much more agreeable that it was a travesty of justice when I explained how sleazy Michael S. is.
I think once you chek oput the areas of agreement you will find you are really a Republican
Liberals do not believe in wasteful govt spending- ALL govt spending is good for them
Are you closer to communist or capitalist? I got news for you- most of the hollyweird leftist types are actually promoting communist goals (and they know it)
Now here is the clincher- How do you feel about universal health care? (Otherwise known as socialized -or socialist - medicine) If you like it then I urge you to go look at every place it is in practice right now (U.K. and Canada) and see how it has ruined their health care system.
There is no better way to make something cost WAY TOO MUCH than to make it FREE. It is simple- if you stood on the corner giving away $100 bills, how many people would line up for it? But if you make them do some work for it.. then what?
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