When is it justified for a peaceful mob to swarm the hospice to feed Terri Schiavo, and dare the police to stop them?
It's easy for a single cop in the hallway to toss out a lawyer who hears something, or a nurse who wants to moisten her lips. What would happen if a mob confronts the police and asks if the officer wants to be the one on national television who shoots the person who feeds Terri? Does that officer want to become the national face of the "Let Terri die" movement, like the guy who snatched Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint?
The beat cop is just doing what he's ordered to do. The beat cop probably feels a sense of hubris in one-on-one situations. What would happen in a crowded situation, with cameras rolling? What would the beat cop do when questioned about his own motives? Does the beat cop really want to be the thug arm of the tyrannical government out of control? Was that what he signed up for?
The family should prepare to swarm the hospice to protect their daughter. That's what's next.
-PJ
A gun fight at the hospice?!
How long could any of us stand there and watch a puppy starving to death without giving it water and yet we do nothing for Terri.
The miracle that I keep checking here for is to hear on the "Breaking News Alert" on CNN that over a 1000 people storm the hospice and rescue Terri.
We will all suffer if Terri dies. We could have done something and yet we did not.
Our nation's forefathers were not like this. They stood up to tyranny. From what I see so far it seems that most Americans are sitting there in solemn resignation doing absolutely nothing.
Filing "appeals", shuffling papers, sending emails, screaming, crying, praying and whacking on keyboards and waiting for God to personally save Terri.
God himself will not save Terri Schiavo. And yet all of us as an instrument of God have the power to save Terri.
Placing others lives at risk to save Terri's is not the position to take - especially for anyone on the pro-life side.