Short of reading every piece of legal material having to do with this case, I have to trust my instincts, after seeing some of the parties involved. I am not as wrapped up in this case as I was in the Elian case for instance, when I saw a little boy being consigned to a life of slavery, so I won't join a mob on this one.
But there is something that is making me uncomfortable, since the whole world is watching, about the coldness with which the American justice system is consigning this girl to death. America should stand for lofty goals, for the presumption of innocent life, even if we know that that life is lived in the twilight. I am having a hard time defending the opposite side, as Terri gets closer to death.
I'll fight tooth and nail for Susan Atkins to die in prison, for animals who rape and kill little girls to get the needle, and for terrorists to be tortured in prison if it saves one innocent American life.
I don't think Michael Schiavo is exactly a monster, though he comes off kinda weird, and the Schindlers show bad judgement by aligning themselves with the odious Randall Terry.
This case is just a mess, and it's terrible that it became so public.
In the end, the best all around scenario is simply for Michael to give custody to the parents and let them take it from here. What harm does that do? That Michael Schiavo won't do that, is very strange, I have come to conclude.
That is ultimately, why I am hoping the Florida Senate passes the Florida House bill. Pass legislation and keep passing legislation - swamp the Florida courts, if need be.
I think that Krauthammer's point of view will eventually be adopted by the American people... not right away, but soon, and only so long as this DOESN'T turn nasty. But I have very slender hopes that it will not turn nasty.