Posted on 03/23/2010 2:51:27 AM PDT by Rastus
Seth MacFarlane marked the five-year-anniversary of Terri Schiavo's court-ordered death by staging a preschool musical about it in his crass FOX cartoon, "Family Guy."
MacFarlane denied Schiavo human dignity in the March 21 episode by referring to her in lyrics sung by cartoon preschoolers as "the most expensive plant you'll ever see" and a "vegetable," and noted "her mashed potato brains."
The child who played the role of Schiavo's husband, Michael, ultimately concluded, "There's only one solution, it's in the Constitution, we've got to pull the plug."
Schiavo died on March 31, 2005, after her parents fought numerous legal battles, appealing to the United States Congress and Supreme Court, to keep her alive, against the wishes of her husband.
A chorus representing pro-life protesters sang in the show, "Terri Schaivo is kind of alive-oh. What a lively little bugger ... Terri Schiavo is kind of alive-oh, the most expensive plant you'll ever see." A "doctor" sang, "Maybe we should just unplug her."
Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Schiavo, spoke to pro-life activist Jill Stanek about MacFarlane's treatment of his sister's death.
"This just validates what our family has been saying from the beginning: There is a deep rooted prejudice against people with these types of brain injuries," he stated. "And it's why killing these people is being accepted more and more every day ... by our culture and our nation."
Schindler warned pro-life activists at last year's March for Life about the hatred they should expect to receive from the "secular media." He also detailed some of the horrors he witnessed as his sister slowly died
"My sister Terri Schiavo died a cruel and barbaric death that no family should ever have to witness. Let me tell you, her two-week dehydration death was horrifying," he told activists. "Watching blood pool in her eyes as she was deliberately killed by court order, my family decided her death would not be in vain."
Unfortunately for Schindler and the rest of Schiavo's friends and family, MacFarlane decided her death could be played for laughs.
I'm not so sure that most of them actually understood that.
That’s probably why most of them are gone. The ones who remain are too stupid to understand it, but just barely smart enough to know it’s true.
>> I’m Fifty. I don’t watch cartoons.
Surely, you’re watching Congress?
>> that Terri was “just a vegetable”
Terri’s life extended to her family, her parents - she was very much alive.
Today, McFarland mocks her family for the incredible ordeal they all suffered.
Has Michael Schiavo issued a statement about this deranged affair?
Why should he? The Family Guy expressed his sentiments for him. That’s also why we haven’t heard from any of our resident trolls. Their views have already been expressed by The Family Guy. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find Michael Schiavo and our resident trolls listed in the credits.
Them or their clones.
They’re such cowards.
>> Why should he?
I get it. Just raising the question that should ultimately be put to him.
You’re right.
I would love to see that question put to him. I wish he’d give another in-depth interview like the one he gave Larry King. He revealed way more than he wanted to in that interview.
And any Freeper who says that is an absolute moron.(and probably a liberal)
These people are evil.
This author must nor watch Family Guy much. McFarlane is tasteless, crass and crude about everything.
I remember that. I believe a few of them were Guilianistas who were later purged.
Making humor out of tragedy and suffering, mocking those who have suffered terribly, is offensive in the extreme. It is barbaric and creates more and more hardness of heart.
It is beyond disgusting.
Really, it doesn’t get any lower or more despicable. And I despise the show.
Thanks for the ping!
There was an episode in which Peter Griffin used an American flag as a piece of toilet paper.McFarlane is a total piece of s**t.
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