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.

[politicket]

My kids would still learn a valuable lesson by watching what happens to me, without the need to actually be arrested, cuffed, processed etc...

I can understand your concern, and as a parent you have every right to lead you family in that way.

My point is that the father of this family chose to take this action and it is admirable in many respects. You also have to realize that this family most likely home-schools (there are a lot of telltale signs) and it is not uncommon to teach "life lessons" in this way.

[RasterMaster]

What are the charges....didn't know water was illegal.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I know, and so do the left-wing parents of children - it's not an uncommon sight to see children being used by liberals to "make a point" or to "teach a life lesson" and I've always criticized them for doing that with their children, and so I will remain consistent...

[fatima]

I see my friend Father Wilde in the pictures and if I was there I would try to get in and give her a wet cloth for her mouth,see if she could take a sip of water and if they lock me up for it so what.I say all the cops and caretaker's should do the same now.

[Badray]

You are being quite disingen. . .

Hell, I'll just say it. You are full of $#!+.

[Bob J]

Heheh...I do not intend follow the path of others on this thread and draw ridiculous parallels (it weakens you're argument!).

[FreeReign]

Thank GOD for these children who saw the right thing to do and took action. Where are the adults in this world?

Where are the adults? Hiding behind their kids, allowing them to get arrested, to make a point.

There's something very phony about putting on a demonstration where your kids get arrested (with the arrests being easily preventable by the parents) and then you use those same preventable arrests of the kids to claim victim-hood.

[Badray]

You are the one making accusations of thousands of dead innocent Iraqis, not me. That's straight out of DU or MoveOn.org.

Ask the feds for help when the state refuses to act to safe a life is proper compared to the alternatives.

Why do you want this woman dead so badly?

What has she done to you?

[planekT]

I think my kids nailed it.

"How would they feel (the police) if these kids were arrested for trying to bring them water"?

[TexKat]

I see my friend Father Wilde in the pictures and if I was there I would try to get in and give her a wet cloth for her mouth,see if she could take a sip of water and if they lock me up for it so what.I say all the cops and caretaker's should do the same now.

So why is Terri's brother, sister, some relative not attempting to do the same.

[Badray]

No one else seems to be able to buck Greer. Why is the coroner different? Greer granted MS's request for immediate cremation. On what grounds could an autopsy be ordered? She died in a medical facility after years of "care" for a "known medical cause." In most states, that seals it.

If anyone other than MS could ask for an autopsy, would we be in this stalemate right now?

[Jotmo]

I'm guessing that if you knew the people here who disagree with you on this issue, you'd find they're average decent people just like everyone else here ,and you wouldn't be so inclined to speak so to their face.

Yet you write of their "cowardice", as you safely type insults, protected by the anonymity and distance provided by your computer.

I doubt you'd have the "courage" to address these people in that manor if you knew them personally. You don't know them. And you have no justification for your comments other than anger and viscousness.

[Shadrak]

Oct 2, 2002 - Schiavo petitioned the court to authorize Terri’s cremation.

Click on Timeline on the left side of the page

[Sun Soldier]

In what twisted, morally bankrupt and evil world is offering a dying woman a drink of water considered to be a crime?????

This is the United States of America and the hospice is private property. If I asked the police to keep people off my property I would expect them to do so if it were within their means. Private property means just that, private. Family medical decisions are also a private matter. The real damage to Terri was done 15 years ago.

[fatima]

I speak for myself.I would never let my children be arrested,no-one touches my kids but I would try to walk in that door.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Family medical decisions are also a private matter.

Which brings up another can of worms... who authorized the release of ANY of her medical information? HIPAA laws are pretty clear on this, so I'm wondering who was responsible for the release of stuff, and if so, were they authorized to do so?

[politicket]

it's not an uncommon sight to see children being used by liberals to "make a point" or to "teach a life lesson" and I've always criticized them for doing that with their children, and so I will remain consistent...

These children most likely aren't being "used" by their parents if they are pursuing what I think they are. We in the home-schooling community have a serious desire to raise our children to be the next generation of leaders. We refer to them as the "Joshua" generation. Right or wrong, that is the desire, and we try to do it with humble spirits.

[Chad Fairbanks]

You don't think the liberals that do it aren't also seeking to turn their children into the leaders of tomorrow? I'm sure they are...

(I don't suspect your motives as being impure, so don't get me wrong. )

[Badray]

I understand that emotions are at an all time high. In almost 5 years here, I have never seen anything that has divided us to such a degree.

You weren't bad compared to some of the really nasty things that some people have said to each other. I too have been guilty, but that's one thing that 5 years can usually get you here, an0ther 5 years. LOL

I am lucky in that I have been to FR events for longer than I have been a poster and have actually met and got to know literally hundreds of FReepers. There are a lot of great folks here and BobJ is top notch in all regards. What he has done for FR and liberty in general is something that we should all aspire to (even as I still try to get his mind right on just one teeny aspect of this where we disagree a bit).

Not wanting to cause one guy a heart attack, I won't mention his name, but I find myself agreeing with one poster that I think is a major jerk 99.99% of the time. It may never happen again, but I have a bit of respect for him now that I never had before. On the other hand, some people have really disappointed me. There position is bad enough, but their crude, mocking taunts are not worthy of this site.

Again, welcome. Enjoy and learn.

[pgkdan]

I forgot that it's always been ok in the United States of America to commit murder as long as it's on private property. Thanks for pointing that out.

As for the private family matter nonsense ...you're 3 years late with that arguement. This is NOT a private matter. It is in the interest of every right thinking American to not allow the precedent to be set that a state court may order the murder of an inconvenient person. That's what's being done here.