31st March 2005, 5:29 PM
Here are my thoughts. They are kinda mixed.
1. I truly believe that she was never going to recover, and would be doomed to life as an invalid for the rest of her life. I know I personally would never want to be kept alive under such circumstances. I consider such a fate worse than death.
2. Everything I've seen and heard about Michael Schiavo has painted him to be a slime bag. He seemed desperate to get rid of his wife, and while at first I thought that was just opinion, I saw him in a live interview, and his own words and actions only strengthened my opinion. I don't believe for a second that she ever gave him a vocal will, I think he made it up to speed along his own goals, and Terri's not able to clarify.
3. Terri's parents, the Schindlers, I can understand to some degree, insofar that they refused to give up hope on their daughter. But I do not think the decision was really theirs to make, since she was married. However, they offered to take the full burden of cost to maintain their daughter, and I think her husband should have allowed it.
4. I think starvation is an awful way to kill someone, I don't care what the circumstances are. You don't starve a convicted serial killer, why treat an innocent woman like that, drag it out for almost two weeks? A lethal injection or an intentional drug overdose could have done the job much quicker and with much greater dignity. I read that by the last few days, she was so dehydrated that her skin was cracking apart.
1. I truly believe that she was never going to recover, and would be doomed to life as an invalid for the rest of her life. I know I personally would never want to be kept alive under such circumstances. I consider such a fate worse than death.
2. Everything I've seen and heard about Michael Schiavo has painted him to be a slime bag. He seemed desperate to get rid of his wife, and while at first I thought that was just opinion, I saw him in a live interview, and his own words and actions only strengthened my opinion. I don't believe for a second that she ever gave him a vocal will, I think he made it up to speed along his own goals, and Terri's not able to clarify.
3. Terri's parents, the Schindlers, I can understand to some degree, insofar that they refused to give up hope on their daughter. But I do not think the decision was really theirs to make, since she was married. However, they offered to take the full burden of cost to maintain their daughter, and I think her husband should have allowed it.
4. I think starvation is an awful way to kill someone, I don't care what the circumstances are. You don't starve a convicted serial killer, why treat an innocent woman like that, drag it out for almost two weeks? A lethal injection or an intentional drug overdose could have done the job much quicker and with much greater dignity. I read that by the last few days, she was so dehydrated that her skin was cracking apart.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR