[Dog Gone]

What do these people hope to accomplish by rushing the hospice? They can't seriously believe they'll get to Terri's bedside.

Is it that much fun to get arrested and pay a fine? It certainly isn't helping Terri.

[goldstategop]

Civil disobedience is meant to draw the attention of the community to an UNJUST act. We don't seriously believe it will change the minds of the authorities but it will inform the country we do not recognize the legitimacy of their actions and we will not be silent witness to the crime.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Monterrosa-24]

Eventually one may get by the Gestapo. Or the police themselves will be arrested when the Gadsden Militia finally shows up.

[Skooz]

It certainly isn't helping Terri.

You are, of course, correct.

But, he's done far more than I have. People have reached a point of desperation. She is almost certainly very close to death, and all we do is pound away on our keyboards complaining about it. That doesn't help her much, either.

[SedVictaCatoni]

What do these people hope to accomplish by rushing the hospice? They can't seriously believe they'll get to Terri's bedside.

In the circus this has become, everybody gets to be a performer.

[underwiredsupport]

What do these people hope to accomplish by rushing the hospice? They can't seriously believe they'll get to Terri's bedside.

The results and accomplishments of cowards, are few!

The intentions of the indignant are always clear...

 

In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for
the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they
came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up. *

 

Martin Niemöller 1892-1984.

[Guenevere]

#25...No...it is not fun spending money for a plane trip.
No....it is not fun contemplating what might happen when you reach that destination.

And No, it is not fun getting arrested...

..and wondering if & when you will be bailed out...

..and what a prison cell experience will be...

..But this man, and many others, have reached deep inside themselves ....to their deepest convictions...

..and cannot walk away from their conscience.

Maybe you don't understand this....hopefully someday you will.

[tessalu]

I would really like to answer this question.

" What do these people hope to accomplish by rushing the hospice? They can't seriously believe they'll get to Terri's bedside.
Is it that much fun to get arrested and pay a fine? It certainly isn't helping Terri."


Those people gathering at the hospice, go there to show the rest of us that they really care. I need that, maybe you do not, but I can not be there, and I really need to know that someone cares, and that all people do not support murder.
Without these caring people, I would feel alone. No, these people do not expect to get to Terri's bedside, and the water is symbolic of what Terri needs. Some nourishment with it would be good too.

[Schwaeky]

they should all do it collectively. individually acting, even a bunch of them, will only succeed in getting them arrested, but by acting en masse will force Jeb's hand, like the storming of the Bastille.

[quack]

What do these people hope to accomplish by rushing the hospice? They can't seriously believe they'll get to Terri's bedside. Is it that much fun to get arrested and pay a fine? It certainly isn't helping Terri.

They do it because it's the Christian thing to do.Jesus didn't ask permission from Herod or any court,to heal the blind,make the lame to walk,raise someone from the dead,prevent a woman from being stoned to death.He acted on love for one another and asked us to do the same.