I've got just one question: What if he's lying?
What if he's not?
What if the Schindlers are lying?
The issue is not whether Mr. Schiavo is lying. Quite possibly, Terri had said that she would rather die than live incapacitated. Many did. I know that I did. It is a natural human reaction, when facing someone severely disabled to say "I'd rather die. If I ever get like that, kill me".
Terri's wish, expressed while she was healthy and young, not put to writing, not listing the specific level of disability that should trigger an assisted suicide, not listing the manner of execution -- is not binding.
Mr. Schiavo may be a misguided creep, or he may be a lying creep. His motivation could come from inability to comprehend Christian ethics, or from, -- just speculating here, -- a fear that Terri speaks one day and shatters the myth of his being a faithful executor of her hypothetical, privately communicated to him, living will.
There are several documented lies in this post..especially about him letting her have therapy.. as soon as he got the money he was supposed to use on her therapy, he stopped ALL tests and therapy and started trying paying Felos to help kill her. Fact: He has kept her inside, away from sunlight for years. Fact: he has never replaced her broken wheelchair. Fact: He has taken away family pictures, flowers, and music. Fact: He didn't "remember" what Terri said to him about wanting to die until after he got his money and after he was with his current concubine.
Why the rush to murder?
Then I suppose you will make your mind up with that in mind.
You took the words right out of my mind. His words are in fact, not facts.
I would like to know if Terri greets him with smiles or if she realizes on some level he wants her to die.
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I've got another question..what if he's telling the truth?
Shame on you! He just "forgot" "her dying wish" until after he got the malpractice awards.
He's scum.
I don't think he is lying. To bolster his case, he is holding fast to Terri's wishes. Her wishes not to be kept alive in such a state. If the parents take over, she will be forced to live in a state that she does not want to be. Your right, the easy thing would be to divorce her and let Mom and Dad take over. But since he is fighting so hard it leads me to believe he is telling the truth.