"Believe it or not we have a lot of support for Terri here in SE Asia"
Really?
Up here it seems a majority want to "let her go."
But that's not surprising.
I firmly believe that's because they are misinformed about the case. The local TV news shows in my state (probably where most people get their news) have done an appalling bad job of reporting the facts. Some of it is typical journalistic laziness, and some of it, I think, is a liberal agenda.
Anyone else notice biased local news? (Foolish question.) The language reporters use is very telling. For instance, rather than say the fight is to allow Terri to live, they say her supporters wish to "prolong" her life. I've never heard "prolong" used except in a negative way. We prolong the bad, not the good.
And reporters note constantly that Terri is on "life support," conjuring in the public's mind that Terri needs help to even breathe. Reporters know the power of language. They know exactly what they're doing.