Picture of the children arresting for trying to bring Terry [Schiavo] water (God Bless Them!)

US News ^ | 3/23/05

[areafiftyone]

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, standing upper right, prepares to arrest members of the Keys family as they were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo water Wednesday morning, March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The Keys family, of Burnet, Tex., kneeling, from left, Josie, 14, Gabriel, 10, Chris, the children's father, and Cameron 12, were all taken into custody. Galen Keys, upper left, the children's mother looks on, but was not arrested.The mother insists it was the children's idea: "I am proud of them," said the boys' mother Geilen Keys from Texas, who was not arrested. "They are very mature and they said 'we want to go and offer some water to Terri'."

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, second from left, handcuffs 14-year-old Josie Keys, left, while Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies place her father Chris in the back of a van after arresting members of the family for trespassing Wednesday morning March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The family members were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo a cup of water.

Gabriel Keys (foreground) is arrested by police officers for trespassing in Pinellas Park, Florida, March 23, 2005. The young protester attempted to take a glass of water into the Woodside Hospice for the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo. A federal judge rejected a request from the parents of Schiavo to order her feeding tube reinserted, dealing a blow to attempts by the U.S. Congress and the White House to prolong her life.

[Bob J]

Badray is one of the good guys...Chad Fairbanks is one of the good guys...heheh.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I think pretty much everyone here are "the good guys", really, just some are more filled with hysteria than others...

[politicket]

politicket,Do you know the kids?

No...but it's pretty easy to identify a home-schooled family. My point is that home-schooling is a lot more than teaching children how to read and write. These children are being taught to humbly serve God and attempt to minister to those in need.

They have learned their lesson well and I am proud of them.

[Jotmo]

You don't think that's a little over the top? Maybe?

[Chad Fairbanks]

No. Over-the-top was when someone posted a picture of Terri crucified on the cross, with the message "America, why hast thou foresaken me?"...

But maybe I have differing standards...

[newzjunkey]

Indeed. It is appalling that someone would abuse their children by dragging them into this media circus.

That "Nobel prize nominated" doctor is *nothing* of the sort. His name was submitted by a Republican legislator that had NO standing to do so. Further, I understand the doctor was disciplined.

And the "is the bitch dead" nurse was found to be "incredible" in Greer's findings. He went so far to conclude for the nurse to be credible even Terri's parents had to be involved in a conspiracy to kill her. She's a NUT.

[politicket]

did their parents push them up to the front lines?

You, my dear FReeper are looking at the "Joshua" generation. We in the home-schooling community are very serious about raising our children to be the future leaders of this country.

Scared?

[Badray]

I don't mind the kids' actions so much as the phony outrage here that 'cops are arresting children'. What are they supposed to do in a civil disobediance action, let them go dribble a cup of water on Terri's blouse?

As I said, phony outrage.

The outrage is sincere. We have a despicable situation and the elected 'adults' are too scared to do anything. Kids, innocent and untainted by agenda, are about the only ones taking this awesome step to try to save her. Even if it were only a symbolic gesture, they are demonstrating that they know it is wrong to do this to anyone. That no one else does incites the outrage.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"I think the kids would have gotten the same education watching their parents hauled off to the pokey."

Your right, but they wouldn't have felt the cold steel of the government wrap around their innocent little wrists. Oh, I forgot they are guilty of trying to save a person deemed a burden on society.

Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com

[Aliska]

Indeed. It is appalling that someone would abuse their children by dragging them into this media circus.

I tend to agree with you because I have stated it before in other scenarios where children are dragged along to hold up signs they don't even know what they mean.

However, it is by the grace of God that those kids even got born, so I don't know how He would view it.

I will say one thing, whether it is right or wrong. Those children are extremely brave. This could cost that family bigtime.

[processing please hold]

The children have experienced the greatest civics lesson they will probably ever know.

[politicket]

Looks like the kids should be in school. In Texas.

You obviously know nothing about teaching children from God's word. Try reading the Psalms. It's God's manual for parents.

Don't you have a little mini-yacht that you should be sailing on? (via your profile page)...

[Aliska]

All the comparisons of Terri to Jesus is getting to be too much

She is one of the least of his people. What they are doing to her they are, of this moment, doing to Jesus. They are starving and dehydrating Him to death all over again. Not that this doesn't happen to Christians in countless other places in countless other ways.

[Aliska]

What makes outsiders think that they could?

Try telling that to Rosa Parks.

[anymouse]

Have you been watching TV or listening to the radio lately?

I tried to keep my statements as general as possible, but Micheal Shaivo's actions during this crisis and over the years don't sway me to give him the benefit of the doubt.

The Shindlers and numerous independent health care professionals, with first hand knowledge of Terry's true condition and Micheal's suspicious behavior, have bee very open with the media and come across as believable.

I'm no lawyer nor doctor, and unlike some Demo-rat Congresscritters, I don't pretend to play one on C-SPAN. But when it comes to the State ending a life, it is only humane to err on the side of life. If we can do so for the worst mass murderers, we can do so for a helpless woman, who cannot (or is not permitted to) let authorities know her true desire to live or die.

We need fewer amateur lawyers (and doctors) and more compassionate thinking human beings. Just because you can't prove something doesn't necessarily mean it isn't intuitively so. If it weren't so we could replace juries, judges and the legislature with computers.

[politicket]

Using your child as publicity tool by deliberately putting him/her in the position of being handcuffed by the police is, well, revolting. But the parent and the parent's crusade come first in this "me-first" day and age, I suppose. What good's a kid if you can't use him to do the dirty work, right?

It sounds to me like you feel challenged....

[Badray]

Badray, why do you think the mother did not take part, but stood off to the side and watched what happened? Do you think she disagreed with what they were doing?

No, not at all. I think she was there to record the arrest if it somehow got ugly and to arrange for a lawyer or bail if needed. Especially coming from out of town, having one family member not in jail was a wise strategic move.

In all of your FReeps, haven't you encountered young Freepers with their parents? Have you spoken to them? I find them to be very intelligent, well versed, and quite articulate. I've seen them debate adults like they were adults.

I do agree that on the 'other side' there is indoctrination and parroting, but very little education. THAT is abusive.

Now, help me out here buddy. I just told someone that you are one of the good guys. ;-)

[Cicero]

BTT

[politicket]

I assume that means that they look like they could whip any kid their age in geography, spelling, math, and English?

I see from your profile page that you're from Colorado. My home-schooler just won the Colorado State Spelling Bee on Saturday. On to Washington!!

[Chad Fairbanks]

I'm still waiting to hear actual proof of alleged "embezzlement".

I meean, sure, criticize the things that the guy has done - and a lot of it DOES warrant criticism - but just repeating second and third-hand stuff heard from others to paint the picture even worse does nothing but reflect on all of us in a way that isn't good.

Just a thought, FRiend. Now, about that proof ;0)