Turnout burnout: As Terri Schiavo's life ebbed, expected pro-life foot soldier army turned up AWOL

WORLD ^ | 4/2/05 | Joel Belz

[muawiyah]

The question seems to be why we didn't go to Pinellas Park to riot?

No doubt those ghouls would like for the cops to shoot some more Right to Life people.

[The Grim Freeper]

We're mourning.

[writer33]

Standing virtually alone was Tim Harmon, one of the few protesters who openly supported Michael Schiavo. Mr. Harmon, a 44-year-old hair stylist from Tampa, said it angered him that Congress and President Bush became involved in a personal situation after Florida's courts had so thoroughly considered the case. "What utter hypocrisy," he snorted at posters with messages like "Feed Terri—Starve Michael."

Hair stlylist? Please. I'm not going there. But they find the lib amongst the crowd.

[Zack Nguyen]

Big events are nice, but I'd rather have 100,000 phone calls and letters to elected officials than 100,000 people at a rally.

[rocksblues]

Wow! An article stating that not as many protesters turned up as expected.

I am still looking for articles like this about anything reported about liberal/leftist/socialist/communist/pink/gay protests.!

[mlmr]

I disagree. I was shocked about how few people showed up to help this issue. I don't exactly see overwhelming number of concern people milling around the nursing home to help him make saving his daughter a reality. For all the smoke, I dont see any fire. In a different, better time, the police would have been overrun and the woman would have been rescued.

You are assuming something would be done if they are arrested. You errr. Nothing would be done. There is no groundswell of support to help them break their daughter's out.

Think about this. In this country, people ramapage after football and basketball game wins. And football and basket ball are in essence, not real. They are pseudoevents provided for profit.

A real event occurs which requires emotion, and action. And the men and women of this country change the channel.

We will lose every important battle about life and morals in this country because we are not really committed.

Homosexuality...we lost. Sanctity of life issues...we lost. Freedom of religion....we are losing.

[mlmr]

The corruption is total. Sometimes I just want to leave. I wish there was a place I could go, where Christian morals are important, where I could raise my children to an alive church and christian culture. Where the church bells speak.

[rhema]

Wow! An article stating that not as many protesters turned up as expected. I am still looking for articles like this about anything reported about liberal/leftist/socialist/communist/pink/gay protests.!

You might see them in a magazine like WORLD, but because such articles would require introspective and dispassionate honesty, you'll see them in the mainstream media simultaneously with the first frosty morning in the eternal habitation of the impenitent.

[mlmr]

Hindu troll

[rocksblues]

See ya!

[ContraryMary]

On the other hand, the whole Schindler family expresses frustration that the investigative media, usually eager to root through ugly issues, have shown so little fascination in the case of their sister and her husband.

You gotta be kidding! It has been non-stop Terri for the past week and a half.

[rocksblues]

Amazing that this is what goes on. And liberals complaining about bias in the news always say that Fox News is the main culprit.

[alicewonders]

I was saying this exact same thing today. I am disgusted with America right now, it's a sad time. I was so hopeful after the election & now I feel like we are winning the battle around the world, but losing the war back here at home.

[jackibutterfly]

"On the other hand, the whole Schindler family expresses frustration that the investigative media,...

THE "investigative" media, not the "reporting" media. There have been plenty of reporters, what about the investigation???

[Nowhere Man]

The corruption is total. Sometimes I just want to leave. I wish there was a place I could go, where Christian morals are important, where I could raise my children to an alive church and christian culture. Where the church bells speak.

Well, there is an effort by some Christians to move to South Carolina to make a powerful voting bloc. You can read it here at Christian Exodus Like you, I wish there was a place we can go and have a decent life.