There is no way that MRS will back down on anything: he has the support of the American people. Plus he does not want the sheeple to see the emaciated body of Terri. Even with a traditional closed-casket funeral, somehow photos of her emaciated state will leak out and discredit the popular Schiavo. Besides, don't you know?, that Terri "demanded" cremation. And he just wants to "carry out her wishes."
This too is a lost cause, sadly.
It sure looks like he is trying to destroy evidence.
I also heard his lawyer, Filo, say that Terri would have wanted him to shack up with the other woman..That she would have wanted "his happiness."
Michael Schiavo's actions are motivated by spite. He hasn't had Terri's best interest in mind from day one. It's my opinion that he thought he'd be able to pocket the malpractice money if he could just get her to die. The Schindler's threw a monkey wrench in his plans when they took steps through the courts to keep Terri alive. As time went on and Michael saw his nest egg dwindle through lawyer's fees, his hostility and anger towards the Schindler's increased tenfold. The final spiteful act, besides murdering Terri, is having her remains cremated and placed in his family's cemetery plot in Pennsylvania. Since he hasn't been a regular visitor while she's been alive, I can hardly fathom him visiting her after her death. His goal is vindictiveness by denying the Schindler's their daughter in both life and death, because they denied him his moola.
Methinks he just wants to make sure there is no autopsy.
I'm not so sure about that. MS isn't as popular as you assume. I was talking with my mom last night (she's one of those people you refer to as "sheeple" - that kind of underestimation has cost the dems a lot of support) and she wasn't the least bit enamoured with MS or his freaky lawyer. Remember, most of the polls were slanted and bogus and just because majority of people weren't aware of Terri and her family's plight until it became a major news story doesn't mean they don't understand the issues or their importance. My mom is a pretty typical yuppie baby boomer who usually gets her news from a half hour of an alphabet network and a half hour of the local affiliate and an occasional dose of O'Reilly on the radio & she loves Oprah and Dr. Phil, but she knew about the injustice of denying Terri communion. She was appalled that her constitutional freedom to worship (regardless of her condition) was so easily violated. MS's insistence on cremating Terri and moving her far away from her family pretty much erased any sympathy she had for him. Both of these she considered disgusting, but also thought it was awful that such a private tragedy would be played out so publicly. Because she has grown children herself, she identified with the Schindlers and thought MS, his lawyer and Judge Greer were being unnecessarily cruel. Like a lot of people, she grapples with the quality of life issue, but understood the judiciary was over-reaching. Average Americans understand more than you realize.
Cindie