Terri Schiavo .. and Uncle Tom's Cabin

vanity of an eccentric mind | April 1, 2005 | Linda Martinez

[eccentric]

I am considering sending this editorial to newspaper.

[anonymous_user]

Interesting that "Schiavo" in Italian means "slave."

[ClearCase_guy]

I believe Dred Scott is a more apt comparison.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Go ahead. It is worthy.

[TheDon]

Terri Schindler Schiavo is not the only innocent person who is or has been legally executed in this country

I think this is the most important bit of knowledge that Terri's state sanctioned killing has brought to light to a very wide audience.

[peyton randolph]

[bjs1779]

" And now they are asking only for the body of their daughter, which is also being legally denied. What beautiful people..... "

Scott Schiavo talks on the telephone, Thursday, March 31, 2005, at his home in Levittown Pa., follow the death of his sister-in-law. Terri Schiavo.

Terri Schiavo's ashes will be buried in an undisclosed location near Philadelphia so that Terri's immediate family doesn't attend and turn the burial into a media spectacle, a member of the Schiavo family said Thursday. ``If Mike knew they would come in peace, he would have no problem with it,'' Scott Schiavo, Michael Schiavo's brother, said during an interview at his home. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek

[bigbob]

that's interesting, I would have bet it meant "rectal orifice".

[Mark in the Old South]

Read the book first. Simon Legree comes at the end and none of the Slaves with Uncle Tom at the beginning of the story were with Tom at the end. The only one was the son of his owner in KY who was in college when the story began who spent the story looking for Tom to buy him back. There were many stops along the way for Tom on the way to his death. I really do not see the Terri connection unless you see her fight as a battle for the soul of evil men.

One of the things I have never understood is how "Uncle Tom" became a pejorative. Tom was a Christian who was obedient and patient except with Simon. To Simon he stood his ground and refused to renounce his faith. It was a battle of wills, good vs evil. Tom lost his life but Simon was defeated also. He found the one slave he could not break. Tom died in George's arms but he never renounced his faith.

Read the book first, it is a powerful book and should be read.

[tessalu]

Michael Schiavo is like a ghoul trying to run off with a body. Even the evil people who caused the death of Jesus allowed the friends and relatives of Jesus to know where they laid his body, and they came to the tomb.

[Servant of the Cross]

It is documented that Abraham Lincoln exclaimed upon meeting the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, "So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war"!

Like Uncle Tom's Cabin did to slavery, the injustice done to Terri Schindler (schiavo) has shown a bright light upon the evil of our Culture of Death. Is another 'great war' upon us?

[ravingnutter]

Interesting that "Schiavo" in Italian means "slave."

Not to mention that her maiden name was Schindler.

[Madeleine Ward]

Uh, I'm pretty sure that most of us hear have read pretty much all there is to read about this, including what the judge admitted as evidence to base his decision.

Until two months ago, I wasn't even reading the Terri Schiavo threads. But once I chose to find out what all the fuss was about, I read everything I could.

I totally understand the outrage. And, most of the press has tried to bamboozle me into thinking that Terri was brain dead and on life support. So, I don't know what the heck you are talking about.

[Lil'freeper]

[eccentric]

Thanks, I've haven't read it in 20+ years. I'll have to read it online this time. The book I had from my grandfather I lost in a house fire.

But like Tom, the Schindlers have not lost faith. I am simply saying that, like Tom, they didn't violate the law nor their peaceful stance. For better or worse. Some chose a different path. Is that accurate?

[Mark in the Old South]

Yes I guess you could say that. In a loose sense yes they are people of faith, they kept it despite the horror.

[eccentric]

ping! I'm back! and I'd like your opinion. because I respect ya'll

[Mark in the Old South]

Okay I'll bite. Was she on any life support other than a feeding tube? Could she not breath on her own? I have heard all the other stuff but they do not factor in my equation. If the feeding tube is your definition of life support you have lost me and will not regain me. I suspect you think I will be persuaded by some other fact, like Mike Shiavo never beat her, perhaps he didn't, I never knew one way or the other. I understand she was dependent on the feeding tube and ordinary nursing care only. Unless you can call into question that then you totally fail to see what people are angry about.

[pepsionice]

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a tool by Puritan anti-slavery types to condemn the south. From a literature point, it was considered a joke at the time it was written...but was printed in such massive bulk...that everyone and their brother from northern and western states had a copy to read. It was automatically perceived as absolute fact...even though the vast amount of details in the book...were glossy type propaganda to fill the public's vision of the south. Terri and her story might be a Uncle Tom's Cabin...a tool by someone...which I would hope would be a false belief. Certainly, it hasn't been a simple pure task to believe either side of the Terri sitatuation. Both sides have told some whoppers and been somewhat untruthful at times.