Are they being starved to death too? Or do visitors have to use a different parking lot?
First, the phrase "starved to death" shouldn't be thrown around loosely. Those other residents are passing away and their families are suffering grief and loss of a loved one. It is pretty callous to marginalize their suffering for Terri's cause. If you, your spouse, parent or child were dying in hospice, how would you feel about the circus going on outside. I live around the corner from the hospice. It's on a dead end street. Only one way in and out. The visitors and guests have to get through the protestor throngs and the herds of news trucks. Yesterday, one woman was called because her grandfather was about to pass away. She rushed out the door and got hung up in the protestors by security for 30 minutes. There are so many people trying to get in to save Terri, security doesn't know people with legitimate business from the Terri supporters. In the mean time, she could not keep her promise to be with her grandfather when he passed away. When she did finally get in, he was already gone. I understand the heartfelt desire to help Terri, but the people there need to back off and let the hospice help its other residents, too. On top of that, its so bad that the elementary school kitty-corner to the hospice was closed.