"Schiavo Case Said Little About 'Right to Die,' Much About Judicial Supremacy" (and INactivism!)

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL.ORG ^ | MAY 18, 2005 | PETER SPRIGG

[dk/coro]

Who is Terri Schiavo? **S**

[STARWISE]

Never forget PING!

[Aussie Dasher]

THE issue in the tragedy of Terri Schiavo is the murder of an innocent woman by the State, purely because she was in no position to defend herself.

It will forever remain a black stain on modern "civilization".

[CHARLITE]

And note that the very first response to this posting was: "Who is Terri Schiavo?" There is no more interest in Terri. She's gone and forgotten. During her ordeal, Free Republic was loaded with threads about Terri. Now, nothing. Very sad commentary on how "committed" we really are to tragic stories like this, and to the memories of people who, as you say, was murdered by the State only because she was helpless.

Thousands read and participated in the Terri threads. This evening, only 42 were interested enough to read the article.

Char

[Aussie Dasher]

I assure you, I will NEVER forget!

[1_Of_We]

Char, I have full confidence that many more people read the title of this article and are still very concerned with this issue. There was no need to read the article because we know the details all too painfully. The title IS the message. I personally am a little frustrated about what to do to accomplish sorely needed meaningful change. I don't know if eliminating the judicial filibuster will help much. Something evil seems to happen to many judges when they're on the bench. An unchecked judiciary is NOT a good thing, and our congresscritters don't seem to have enough integrity to perform their constitutional balancing DUTY.

[backhoe]

Char, I have full confidence that many more people read the title of this article and are still very concerned with this issue. There was no need to read the article because we know the details all too painfully. The title IS the message. I personally am a little frustrated about what to do to accomplish sorely needed meaningful change. I don't know if eliminating the judicial filibuster will help much. Something evil seems to happen to many judges when they're on the bench. An unchecked judiciary is NOT a good thing, and our congresscritters don't seem to have enough integrity to perform their constitutional balancing DUTY.

There is always room for argument, but for me, these are the three seminal, defining issues of our times:

-Men(ace) in Black? SCOTUS goes Rogue...--

-Useless Eaters vs The Death Cult--

-Thunder on the Border-- (Minuteman Project)--

A runaway Judiciary, is your life really your own, and can we keep our culture, country, and borders intact? The rest is mere commentary.

[TheSarce]

Excellent post.

[8mmMauser]

Thank you for this post. Please do not get discouraged at apparent fading of this event. So different from other stories that come and go, the plight of Terri has touched hearts and continues to do so in a way we cannot yet appreciate.

Hidious evil has been unmasked by this event. People's lives have changed for the better because of what they now comprehend. Much emphasis has shifted to other levels, new email networks springing up, people waking up.

Terri's plight marks a sea change for how we view our country and our world in religious terms and in politics. I predict it will become more apparent as time goes by that much good will be manifest by Terri's suffering.

8mm

[tutstar]

bump

[tutstar]

Remember Char, we've got different time zones and early to bed folks too. In general I must agree but let's not be so hard on us just yet.

[Cboldt]

* bump *

Keep the faith.

[Future Useless Eater]

I wouldn't get discouraged at that, the thread has a catchy
title, that helps, but it posted after midnight eastern, and
didn't make it onto the sidebar where most people scan for
interesting new articles. The sidebar adds about a 10X bump
to its visability. I think this one would have qualified
as an 'editorial' so it could have been put onto that sidebar.
Pinglists add another big bump too and our biggest pinglist'er
OfF has gone awol, we all pray she is OK.
FUE

[Lesforlife]

My frustration over the way the nation seems to have moved on
matches yours!!

I will never cease to be extremely interested until justice is served
to every wicked person who either aided and abetted in her murder
or failed to spare her life.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of leadership for where we
go from here and it is made all the worse by the fact that those who
do care are scattered all over the nation.

I'm praying that Mark Furhman's and Cheryl Ford's books will jump
start an action plan.

I did read yesterday about a woman who is still protesting at the intersection down the street from Woodside Hospice near the Winn Dixie
store that towed the cars of the protestors. People still care and want to
support and love the Schindlers, IMO!

[Pepper777]

*I'm praying that Mark Furhman's and Cheryl Ford's books will jump start an action plan.*

I agree, Lesforlife! I've already ordered Furhman's book and will also order Cheryl's book. Cheryl worked so hard to save Terri. I'm sure her book will be an excellent tool for getting more people informed on the issues and facts.

[Saundra Duffy]

Did you see the Schindler's giving the new Pope a framed picture of Terri? I saw it on CNN. Thank Goodness for something positive in Terri's memory. The Schindler's looked real sad! I will NEVER FORGET TERRI.

[CHARLITE]

Thanks so much to all of you for your sensitive, sincere comments. I spent so much time and energy trying to save Terri. I think of her every single day, and while I know in my heart that she is in a better, freer place than her final earthly condition, I still feel torn, because she was betrayed despite all that so many millions of people tried to do to prevent the carrying out of her murder-by-fiat.

Thanks again to each and every one of you for your replies, and for your obvious concern with Terry's legacy.

Char

[TheSarce]

Don't worry, Terri's story is not over. It's just the beginning of a new chapter.

The euthanasia culture is celebrating right now because they won a battle and got Terri. But they haven't quite realized yet that good people like yourself and all those who heard about Terri and tried to help have now woken up to what they've been doing in the shadows all these years.

I think many of us had previously thought that our own individual experiences with end-of-life decisions for loved ones were just random, luck of the draw tragedies. But Terri brought out into public awareness the organized methods and mentality of the "quality of life" euthanasia crowd, and I think many are re-examining how their own stories fit in to the bigger picture (that they hadn't even realized was there before). Terri shone a spotlight on how the Deathies think and work, and I think most people instinctively, inwardly cringed, despite CNN telling them it was all just dandy.

The euthanasia movement may find the sunlight now shining on them to be not quite the victory they think.

[CHARLITE]

"I think most people instinctively, inwardly cringed, despite CNN telling them it was all just dandy.",br>

.....and will you ever forget the grandstanding of George Felos, having the unmitigated GALL to come out in front of the bank of microphones and "report" to the world that in all of the time he'd ever known Terri Schiavo, "she has never looked so beautiful!"???

If this didn't wake us all up to the macabre, twisted mindset of these people, then nothing can, and if this is going to represent "life on earth,"......then we all would be better off dead.

Char