So they should be old enough to understand that there was no possible way that they would have actually been able to give Terri water.
Duh! That's why they call it civil disobedience. The kids knew they'd be arrested, but they did it anyway. Nothing wrong with that as long as you pay the consequences. I understand the total cost of an arrest there today will amount to about $350 per person, so it looks like the family is making a big donation to a corrupt municipality today. But, it's their money and their right to spend it how they please. I'm guessing that the kids can apply for a pardon from Gov. Bush and will stand a good chance of getting it so that their arrest won't tarnish their records.
Why not? Does hospice prevent people from bringing water to their other patients? Wasn't the order just against the _feeding tube_ and not the food and water (I could be wrong on this, haven't read the court order)?