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Terri Schiavo's Family Continues Effort to Block Jack Kevorkian UF Speech
Life News ^ | 9/3/07 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 09/03/2007 12:31:29 PM PDT by 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.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jackkevorkian; moralabsolutes; prolife; terridailies; terrischiavo
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To: bjs1779

How many people did he openly brag about “helping”? Do you remember? I’m pretty sure it was about 100.


41 posted on 09/03/2007 3:59:01 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb; bjs1779
Oh yeah, he's free alright. That is not a good thing.

And notice he's rushing to a state with an inordinate percentage of senior citizens AND a track record for condoning the murder of the disabled.

42 posted on 09/03/2007 4:02:14 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: BykrBayb

Dr. Death claims to have killed at least 130 people.


43 posted on 09/03/2007 4:04:04 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Coincidence? I think not!


44 posted on 09/03/2007 4:04:10 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: wagglebee

Do you have a link to a reliable source of that figure, for our guest who thinks 100 is over the top?


45 posted on 09/03/2007 4:05:27 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

It wouldn’t surprise me if he started telling these college students about how much more money they stand to inherit without the “burden” of long-term healthcare for their grandparents.


46 posted on 09/03/2007 4:05:38 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: BykrBayb

Here’s a bunch of links (Yahoo search of Jack Kevorkian 130):

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu4ttk9xG3UIAE_ZXNyoA?p=jack+kevorkian+130&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501-s


47 posted on 09/03/2007 4:07:27 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

I’d be shocked if he didn’t.


48 posted on 09/03/2007 4:07:40 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb
Do you have a link to a reliable source of that figure, for our guest who thinks 100 is over the top?

ONE makes him a murderer and a person to be feared. 130 catapults him to the top of the serial killer pantheon.

49 posted on 09/03/2007 4:08:52 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: BykrBayb
"Dr. Kevorkian, a retired pathologist who says he has helped more than 130 people commit suicide in a campaign of death in the last decade that has made him a courageous pioneer to some and an arrogant predator to others, said simply, ''I have no comment, your honor.''>

Over 130 served

50 posted on 09/03/2007 4:09:43 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: bjs1779; BykrBayb

I wonder where the trolls went...


51 posted on 09/03/2007 4:10:59 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: bikerman

Okay...here we go. Get ready to get flamed. I agree with you.


52 posted on 09/03/2007 4:11:30 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in Philly and Newark!)
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To: bikerman
I understand but to say he did this to a 100 was a little out of line...

Please see posts 47 and 50 on this thread for sources. 100 was a low estimate.

53 posted on 09/03/2007 4:12:34 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie; bikerman
Okay...here we go. Get ready to get flamed. I agree with you.

Kind of risky on a pro life forum isn't it?

54 posted on 09/03/2007 4:13:45 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Hi.


55 posted on 09/03/2007 4:13:51 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

You didn’t say hi to me.


56 posted on 09/03/2007 4:15:17 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Howdy!


57 posted on 09/03/2007 4:17:02 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: Fishtalk

You are wrong about “ its not that hard to kill yourself.” If you are terminal, it is almost impossible to ‘kill yourself”.

And it is not only liberals who want to discuss these issues. What are all the “outraged ‘..so called ‘normally intelligent posters “ afraid of.??? I am not afraid to hear and debate Dr. K. I can’t stand him personally, but it is important to have these discussions and debate!


58 posted on 09/03/2007 4:17:14 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in Philly and Newark!)
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To: bjs1779

And howdy do to you too.


59 posted on 09/03/2007 4:17:32 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Who is getting paid $50,000 to debate Kevorkian? Who is even being given a microphone to debate him?


60 posted on 09/03/2007 4:18:43 PM PDT by BykrBayb (In memory of my Friend T'wit. ~ Þ)
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