Picture of the children arresting for trying to bring Terry [Schiavo] water (God Bless Them!)

US News ^ | 3/23/05

[areafiftyone]

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, standing upper right, prepares to arrest members of the Keys family as they were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo water Wednesday morning, March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The Keys family, of Burnet, Tex., kneeling, from left, Josie, 14, Gabriel, 10, Chris, the children's father, and Cameron 12, were all taken into custody. Galen Keys, upper left, the children's mother looks on, but was not arrested.The mother insists it was the children's idea: "I am proud of them," said the boys' mother Geilen Keys from Texas, who was not arrested. "They are very mature and they said 'we want to go and offer some water to Terri'."

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, second from left, handcuffs 14-year-old Josie Keys, left, while Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies place her father Chris in the back of a van after arresting members of the family for trespassing Wednesday morning March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The family members were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo a cup of water.

Gabriel Keys (foreground) is arrested by police officers for trespassing in Pinellas Park, Florida, March 23, 2005. The young protester attempted to take a glass of water into the Woodside Hospice for the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo. A federal judge rejected a request from the parents of Schiavo to order her feeding tube reinserted, dealing a blow to attempts by the U.S. Congress and the White House to prolong her life.

[MTMS]

Hm, then what is the big deal? Goodness, they are most likely being treated well as can be expected, making a huge statement and this will benefit their character, also.

[Junior]

At that age, no. Letting a child "follow his conscience" can lead to kids getting into all sorts of trouble -- because kids do not have a well-developed conscience until they are much older.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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[concerned about politics]

"Through the eyes of a child."

Kids are watching an innocent woman starve to death. They see the evil better than anyone. Their minds aren't cluttered with agendas.

[zboa]

really tight argument you got there.

[506trooper]

"I assume with your nick you are LEO"

LOL, no, I'm one of those evil biker guys...the name comes from my army days, but after living under rules and regulations that I sometimes found....um....difficult, I can put myself in their place, and can emphasize with them.

[EricT.]

Too many people see kids standing up for what is good and right and call it "exploitation". These people cover their own cowardice with cynicism. They would sit back and critique people for standing tall against evil and injustice while they peer from between their shutters in fear, and doing nothing else. Disgusting, spineless, and enablers of evil- the whole lot of them.

[Poohbah]

The levels the zealots in this case sink to never cease to apall me. What's next, suicide bombers?

Google "Louis Beam" and "leaderless resistance." And then pray that said leaderless resistance isn't being coordinated through FReepmail.

[ManHunter]

I agree completely, and I suspect there are cops in the area who are embarassed and have told their chiefs, commanders, and sheriffs "this is nuts!" and "what the hell are we doing here?"

[Long Cut]

Well, the Right has, in this case, done its best imitation of the Left thus far, why not more?

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Conservative Christian homeschooler types from my corner of the world. Sniff. Sniff. This Texan is proud.

[MTMS]

Yep, I agree with you. My kids see this more clearly than all the 'grown ups' here.

[TexKat]

I bet these kids in these pictures are getting a good education today and are doing this on their own. Just my opinion.

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, standing upper right, prepares to arrest members of the Keys family as they were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo water Wednesday morning, March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The Keys family, of Burnet, Tex., kneeling, from left, Josie, 14, Gabriel, 10, Chris, the children's father, and Cameron 12, were all taken into custody. Galen Keys, upper left, the children's mother looks on, but was not arrested.The mother insists it was the children's idea: "I am proud of them," said the boys' mother Geilen Keys from Texas, who was not arrested. "They are very mature and they said 'we want to go and offer some water to Terri'."

[MizSterious]

In some cases, yes, but this is hardly "the front lines." I see common sense evades you as always.

[Junior]

Okay, then subject your children to the indignities of arrest and booking. Or, maybe you think no child should go through that, so you wouldn't put your children in that position. What these parents did was abominable, and is no different than those school teachers who take their classes to anti-war rallies. It's all for a photo op and publicity.

[HapaxLegamenon]

Note the long skirts.

[EricT.]

You are included in my last post. Useless.

[the Deejay]

Huh? You can tell a well educated child from a picture?

LOL!

My exact thoughts.

[EternalVigilance]

This Texan is proud.

You have reason to be.

[Campion]

Letting a child "follow his conscience" can lead to kids getting into all sorts of trouble -- because kids do not have a well-developed conscience until they are much older.

What, like 50? Get real. You mean they haven't learned to practice moral cowardice yet.