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Terri Schiavo’s Brother Says the Press Is Still Lying About His Sister
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| Friday, January 22, 2010
| Pete Winn
Posted on 01/24/2010 4:07:21 AM PST by GonzoII
Terri Schiavos Brother Says the Press Is Still Lying About His Sister
Friday, January 22, 2010
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
(CNSNews.com) -- It’s been nearly five years since his sister, Terri Schindler Schiavo, was starved and dehydrated to death, and Bobby Schindler says the mainstream press is still “telling lies” about her.
"It’s still being misreported by the mainstream media,” Schindler told CNSNews.com Thursday. “There’s things that are being said that were simply not true."
“They refer to Terri as being brain dead,” Schindler said of news accounts. “I see that all the time, and it simply is not true. They say that she was on artificial life support, without explaining to people what artificial life support means. There’s this perception out there that Terri was on a machine – that people like Terri need machines to keep them alive. And it simply is not true."
Terri Schiavo became the center of a crisis that played out on the national stage beginning in 2003, when a Florida judge, Judge George Greer, ordered her feeding tube removed -- at the request of Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband.
Despite a two-year long effort by Bobby's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, to save their profoundly disabled daughter, Terri Schiavo died of severe dehydration on March 31, 2005, almost 14 days after her feeding tube was finally removed.
Schindler said the autopsy report showed that his sister was physically in good shape at the time of her death -- and that the pathologist indicated she could have "quite easily lived a normal life-span." he said.
"Terri died because we took away her food and water – just like we would all die if our food and water was taken away. It took almost two weeks."
Still, the media continue to report that his sister, who was left profoundly disabled after a heart attack cut off oxygen to her brain, was brain-dead, that she was on artificial life support, that she was unresponsive and that she was blind.
"These are simply not factually correct," he told CNSNews.com. "It’s patently false.
“If Terri were alive today, she could be here to ‘March for Life’ with us,” Schindler said. “All she needed was a wheelchair, and we could have taken her anywhere. But there’s the perception out there that these people basically need to be bed-ridden, and they are unable to be taken anywhere. It’s just not true."
Many people still do not know that food and hydration are now defined, at least legally, as artificial life support, Schindler said.
“So when they refer to someone as being on artificial life support, (people) think that they are on machines – when the fact of the matter is that Terri could be taken anywhere," he added.
A former teacher, Schindler now speaks for the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, which was formed after her death to help families with disabled loved ones in similar situations.
"There seems to me to be a profound prejudice against people with disabilities that exists in our culture today," he said.
“If you go on YouTube, or go on MySpace, and put my sister’s name in there and see all the horribly offensive things that come up, and how she’s made fun of -- it frightens me, because of what exists in our culture today and how we view people like my sister and people with cognitive disabilities," Schindler said.
"I think we’re being taught to look at these people as burdens, as inconveniences, instead of what I believe they are – as gifts. They allow us to show our compassion, our love. I believe that they are blessings.
“And if you talk to families that are caring for people like my sister, they look at their loved one as a blessing – to be in this position of having to care for them – because they are completely vulnerable to us.”
On April 11, the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation is sponsoring a concert in Indianapolis to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Terri’s death. Country music superstars RandyTravis and Collin Raye are headlining the event All proceeds will go towards helping families.
For more information, you can visit the organization's
Web site.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: moralabsolutes; prolife; terrischiavo
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To: wagglebee
No you haven’t. And this is my last word. You started your insults games right off the bat, and you’re continuing them three days later.
Talk about obcessive compulsive! I suggest some counseling for that. That is not an insult, that’s a diagnosis from a professional.
Now, I’m done! You have a wonderful day, and my God bless you!
221
posted on
01/26/2010 10:13:09 AM PST
by
RowdyFFC
(The opinion of a wise Welshtino woman...)
To: wagglebee
Terri was not just murdered, she was tortured to death. Not even the worst of criminals are allowed this kind of death. Jeb Bush could easily have prevented it but refused to do it - this is a fact.
222
posted on
01/26/2010 10:17:29 AM PST
by
Dante3
To: RowdyFFC; vox_freedom; BykrBayb; floriduh voter; Lesforlife; cyn; PhilDragoo; EternalVigilance; ...
No you havent. Are you actually that dense?
I have offered the names of two people that FReepers have helped save. Google them, you will see that they are quite real.
I have offered links to the Florida Constitution, Florida law, legal filings, etc.
These are all FACTS, not opinions.
Talk about obcessive compulsive! I suggest some counseling for that.
Why because I feel that saving the lives of innocent human beings is important? Or because I feel that correcting falsehoods is also important?
That is not an insult, thats a diagnosis from a professional.
So, now you are claiming to be some sort of professional who is able to diagnose someone base on your opinions of things they have written on the internet? You are a pathetic nuisance.
223
posted on
01/26/2010 10:18:01 AM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: RowdyFFC; wagglebee
You have a wonderful day, and my God bless you! Your god? That one doesn't give blessings.
224
posted on
01/26/2010 10:28:22 AM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: RowdyFFC; wagglebee; BykrBayb; All
Says who, YOU? The world just doesnt work that way!
Yes I do indeed say that. And the world DOES work that way, informed individuals who know the facts of any situation will always prevail over ignorant liberals like you who prattle off their opinions and demand that their words be given credence regardless of the lack of factual evidence to support what is truly nothing more than their opinion.
You should be familiar with the saying that "you are entitled to your own opinion, but you are NOT entitled to your own facts", and you are attempting to pass off what is your uninformed opinions as fact, and that dog won't hunt.
Sorry!
You are indeed, you are a sorry lying liberal troll.
225
posted on
01/26/2010 12:47:58 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Fatboy Jeb Bush failed Terri Schiavo and THAT is why Terri Schiavo is dead.)
To: RowdyFFC
I suggest some counseling for that. That is not an insult, thats a diagnosis from a professional.
LMAO! You DID scribble your name on a piece of paper with some sort of professional title on it, didn't you?
Had to lead you by the hand in my post #203, but you sure enough did! ;)
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posted on
01/26/2010 12:51:14 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Fatboy Jeb Bush failed Terri Schiavo and THAT is why Terri Schiavo is dead.)
To: mkjessup; RowdyFFC; BykrBayb
you are attempting to pass off what is your uninformed opinions as fact, and that dog won't hunt. And as if that's not enough, she is also trying to pass off our VERIFIABLE FACTS as opinion.
227
posted on
01/26/2010 1:18:38 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee; mkjessup; RowdyFFC
... and pretending to know more about Terri Schiavo than those of us who have been here for years, defending Terri and others, when Rowdy couldn’t be bothered to say one word about Terri or any related person or issue before this thread. She couldn’t even be bothered to read the article this thread is based on.
228
posted on
01/26/2010 1:29:10 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb; wagglebee; All
And as if that's not enough, she is also trying to pass off our VERIFIABLE FACTS as opinion.
- Wagglebee
... and pretending to know more about Terri Schiavo than those of us who have been here for years, defending Terri and others, when Rowdy couldnt be bothered to say one word about Terri or any related person or issue before this thread. She couldnt even be bothered to read the article this thread is based on.
- BykrBayb
What you two esteemed FReepers are describing sounds like classic troll behavior.
I nominate both of you to the 'FR Anti-Troll SWAT Team', you know how to flush 'em out! :)
229
posted on
01/26/2010 1:50:31 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hostile LaVista Senor' McCain (translation = tomorrow is going to be HOSTILE you SOB!))
To: mkjessup
When they show up looking like this, it's really not that difficult to flush them out.
230
posted on
01/26/2010 1:56:31 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: mkjessup
psychotic?
231
posted on
01/26/2010 1:58:50 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb
Hotter than that rowdy troll for sure, LOL
232
posted on
01/26/2010 2:16:12 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hostile LaVista Senor' McCain (translation = tomorrow is going to be HOSTILE you SOB!))
To: mkjessup
Looks the same to me. Except this one doesn’t have any piercings or a dog collar.
233
posted on
01/26/2010 2:20:56 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb
It does look a little smarter, lol
234
posted on
01/26/2010 2:21:33 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hostile LaVista Senor' McCain (translation = tomorrow is going to be HOSTILE you SOB!))
To: BykrBayb
ROFL! Are ya’ll still at it? Counseling...counseling...please before somebody sends the guys with the white coats!
235
posted on
01/26/2010 4:18:10 PM PST
by
RowdyFFC
(The opinion of a wise Welshtino woman...)
To: RowdyFFC; BykrBayb; wagglebee
"And this is my last word...Now, Im done!"
- RowdyFFC #221
"ROFL! Are yall still at it?
Counseling...counseling...please before somebody sends the guys with the white coats!
- RowdyFFC #235
Pot, meet kettle.
Physician heal thyself.
236
posted on
01/26/2010 7:18:34 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hostile LaVista Senor' McCain (translation = tomorrow is going to be HOSTILE you SOB!))
To: mkjessup; BykrBayb
Trolls nearly always come back and say more after they say they’ve finished.
237
posted on
01/27/2010 4:45:59 AM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
You know it FRiend, and trolls nearly always accuse everyone else of needing 'counseling' or having 'mental' issues when it is they who display all the signs of being emotionally disturbed.
238
posted on
01/27/2010 5:17:30 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hostile LaVista Senor' McCain (translation = tomorrow is going to be HOSTILE you SOB!))
To: mkjessup
Of course they each believe they are the only sane person, and it is the rest of the world that’s insane.
239
posted on
01/27/2010 6:57:08 AM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb
Yes indeedy BB, that is the bottom line. If only we would abandon all that we know, discard the indisputable facts, and just embrace the troll’s ignorance, lies and silliness as “truth”, all would be right with the world.
Laughable, truly laughable.
240
posted on
01/27/2010 7:13:41 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Hostile LaVista Senor' McCain (translation = tomorrow is going to be HOSTILE you SOB!))
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