Terri Schiavo's Family Continues Effort to Block Jack Kevorkian UF Speech

Life News ^ | 9/3/07 | Steven Ertelt

[wagglebee]

Gainesville, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Terri Schiavo is continuing its efforts to block a speech by Jack Kevorkian scheduled for the middle of next month. The speech would be the first for the former assisted suicide crusader following his release from prison for killing a disabled man and showing the death on national television.

Kevorkian would speak to students at the University of Florida on October 11 and receive $50,000 for the talk, as long as his parole officers approve the trip.

The family of Terri Schiavo has been leading an effort to stop the speech by gathering petitions from concerned citizens so Kevorkian doesn't get a platform in their home state.

They don't want the former pathologist telling students that people with disabilities should be killed, like their sister, rather than receiving appropriate medical treatment or rehabilitative care.

Bobby Schindler, Terri's brother, told LifeNews.com, "We have collected thousands of petitions (and they are still coming in) to deliver to the Office of the President of the University of Florida."

"We're demanding the University rescind its offer to pay $50,000 for Kevorkian to address the students," he added.

"Despite the ongoing message of death spreading through our society and those, like Jack Kevorkian, who attempt to justify killing the most vulnerable among us, we are committed to fight against this death-obsessed culture and spread Terri's legacy of life, hope and love," Schindler explained.

He said there is still time for pro-life people and others worried about Kevorkian's pro-assisted suicide message to sign a petition asking the University of Florida to cancel the speech.

The petition can be found at the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation web site.

ACTION: You can also contact the University of Florida President J. Bernard Machen at 352-392-1311 or president@ufl.edu.

[8mmMauser]

Congratulations! You caused the death enthusiasts to squeal.

It is an excellent example of my favorite view of leftists and their propensity for projection. I.e. haters call people they hate haters. Bigots call people they hate bigots. Nazis call people they hate nazis.

It becomes downright transparent in these cases whereby detractors try to ridicule us and wind up ridiculing themselves, not realizing the joke is on them.

It does illustrate what passes for intelligence with these critters. I notice one has crawled under the door from Clearwater. Mikey, is that you?

Look what the Clearwater guy said! "I absolutely defend free speech, but constant clinic protest behavior is as hard to defend as allowing constant nazi protest outside a synagogue."

Do you suppose the poster was upset at this?

Clearwater poster in uniform

8mm

[8mmMauser]

An illustration above.

[BykrBayb]

With Nazis as their heroes, they’re bound to get their panties in a wad whenever the subject comes up.

[bjs1779]

Now that is what I call a great link 8mm! Clearwater poster in uniform

One of the many links provided led me to this one:

Lisa McPherson

Deaths in Scientology's Fort Harrison Hotel (Room # 174)

[pierstroll]

"NOBODY needs to hear this message of death."The last thing I want is someone like you telling me what I need to hear.

[wagglebee]

The last thing I want is someone like you telling me what I need to hear.

Well piersTROLL, I'll cut you a break because you're new here, but the fact of the matter is that Free Republic IS pro-life.

[pierstroll]

The fact is so am I. What does that have to do with my comment?

I see, you step in it and now I'm a troll. Nice come back.

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE, you have no right to pretend to have the authority to tell me what I can and cannot hear.

[wagglebee]

Then perhaps you might explain what benefit there is to hearing pro-death propaganda.

[pierstroll]

I don't have to explain anything to you.

I told you I was pro-life and that was more than you're entitled to.

You stepped in the do do. Instead of trying to control what people read, listen to or watch perhaps you can admit you overstepped your bounds and apologize. But that would be the honorable thing to do.

People who are righteous don't have to call for others to back them up.

[BykrBayb]

"NOBODY needs to hear this message of death."The last thing I want is someone like you telling me what I need to hear.

If you don't want to read the content that the owner of this site has decided is appropriate, then don't. But you don't get to dictate what he allows on his forum.

Statement by the founder of Free Republic:

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As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc.

~snip~

Free Republic is private property.

~snip~

We aggressively defend our God-given and first amendment guaranteed rights to free speech, free press, free religion, and freedom of association, as well as our constitutional right to control the use and content of our own personal private property. Despite the wailing of the liberal trolls and other doom & gloom naysayers, we feel no compelling need to allow them a platform to promote their repugnant and obnoxious propaganda from our forum. Free Republic is not a liberal debating society. We are conservative activists dedicated to defending our rights, defending our constitution, defending our republic and defending our traditional American way of life.

~snip~

Read the rest at the link provided. If you find you can't enjoy yourself at such a site, there is no requirement that you stay.

[BykrBayb]

Free Repubublic has nothing to apologize for. You are trespassing here. Go away, troll.

[pierstroll]

I guess you didn’t read all of my post or you wouldn’t have wasted your time. I said I was pro-life, but I will not have some internet wannabe tell me what I can hear or read. I guess that’s the free part of Free Republic.

[pierstroll]

No one is asking Free Republic to apologize for anything, get some readining comprehension lessons. Your delusional.

[BykrBayb]

I guess you didn’t read all of my post, or you would have known this is not a liberal debating society. We do not present both sides of the issues here. We promote conservatism. If that’s not your cup of tea, you don’t belong here.

[wagglebee]

I told you I was pro-life and that was more than you're entitled to.

So, do you think that euthanasia, like abortion, should be "safe and legal and rare"?

Instead of trying to control what people read, listen to or watch perhaps you can admit you overstepped your bounds and apologize.

Really, in what other context should we support listening to people explain why it's necessary to BREAK THE LAW?

People who are righteous don't have to call for others to back them up.

I don't need ANYONE to back me up, I simple pinged a few FReepers who are generally disgusted by the culture of death's agenda.

[pierstroll]

Thanx for your opinion. The information is not being presented here. It is being presented at a university. Your running mate thinks he can decide what people should hear. The fact that you support that means you're also a wannabe dictator.

It has nothing to do with what's posted on this site.

Find somebody else to rail road and get your facts straight.

[BykrBayb]

No one is asking Free Republic to apologize for anything, get some readining comprehension lessons. Your delusional.

Do you teach "readining comprehension?" Where can I sign up for you're [sik] classes?

[pierstroll]

Nobody is asking you to support anything. You are attributing opinions to me I have neither stated or implied.

You are a dishonest debater.

You were wrong when you made your grandiose statement and rather than having the guts to omit it, you went on the attack.

Well if that's what you want, bring it and your friends along.

When I'm right I don't back down and I don't call for back-up.

[BykrBayb]

People who are righteous don't have to call for others to back them up.

Pinging a connoisseur of trolls. Not for back-up, mind you, but because I know Jedward enjoys a good zot.

[BykrBayb]

When I'm right I don't back down and I don't call for back-up.

And who would you call if you were so inclined? There aren't very many DU trolls hanging around these parts, and the few that are, wouldn't stick their necks out for such a pitiful sample as yourself.