There is one among us who claims we are "....close. So close....", offering no direction, save a telephone number of negligible value.
There are others who would present themselves as knowing much, while their writings betray their blindness.
Our collective lesson is learning to separate the wheat from the chaff.
We have a right and a duty, to ourselves and FR, to initially weigh the veracity and relevance of information placed before us.
We are obliged to demand links or sources, before we seriously consider an author's assertions .
In the instant circumstance our avocation is that of Citizen researchers - sharing with FReepers and FR lurkers (worldwide) - the facts surrounding the barbaric treatment an American Citizen for the singular 'crime' of lacking the ability to raise a teaspoon of jello to her lips.
Terri Schindler-Schiavo and her family have been surviving a living hell for the past five years, because our courts and elected representatives have entered into a conspiracy of collusion - with the critical cooperation of the media - toward establishing euthanasia as the final solution to eliminating the presence of the disabled, aged, and those unable to care for themselves.
Officially sanctioned murder of Citizens who are a burden to the state.
Of all the American soldiers who gave their lives to defeat Hitler's Germany, where this was their public policy, how many would have offered to give their lives, if they knew America would be committing the same kind of murder seventy-five years later?
Surprisingly, you wrote, "....It is a thankless task." I don't want to believe you meant it, but.....
Consider the following when you feel unrewarded for your efforts in helping Terri:
Attempt to walk in the shoes of any member of the Schindler family for a moment.
What words would you use to thank unknown Americans for the smallest and greatest individual action and prayer directed to putting a halt to the sub-human psychological and physical torture the State of Florida has been unleashing upon your family and Terri for the past five years.
It's an impossible task, because words are inadequate to communicate the gratitude the Schlinders have for all you've done for them.
Having a sense of that reality is good enough for me.
Today the State of Florida will proclaim the day their slow and horrific death by starvation of Terri Schindler-Schiavo will begin.
May His love compel Terri's executioners to allow her the constant presence of priests of her family's choosing, until she is released from her agony into His eternal embrace.