In his strongest comments yet on the Terri Schiavo case, actor Mel Gibson calls her killing "nothing more than state sanctioned murder.” Posted on 03/31/2005 12:00:48 AM PST by M. Espinola
In his strongest comments yet on the Terri Schiavo case, actor Mel Gibson calls her killing "nothing more than state sanctioned murder.”
The actor and director spoke out Wednesday night in a telephone interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
"I heard their cry for help,” Gibson explained his public comments. Gibson insisted that Terri Schiavo is not in a vegetative state.
Gibson said he decided to take a public stand because "it is completely wrong to deprive this poor woman from food and water.”
He added that the court ordered method of killing – depriving her of basic sustenance -- "is a prolonged and cruel execution.”
Gibson said he is closely following the case and is astounded by the developments.
"I just sit here watching this whole scenario play out in front of me with my mouth wide open, that our country has come to this,” he said, adding, "I think it’s a really black day.”
The actor offered little hope for Terri Schiavo at this point, describing the appeals as "a little too little too late.”
"It’s nothing more than state sanctioned murder,” Gibson continued.
He was also disturbed that a local Florida judge was given the unquestioned power to sentence Schiavo to death.
"All the big guys, they’ve got their hands tied by some tin-horned judge down there,” he said. "Common, when they want to whip a judge they got no problem getting Judge Moore in a heart beat.”
"It’s so wrong and I watch it, appalled and stunned, that we have gotten to this.”
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Yes, bvw.
They still have the free stream but I think it's for the live shows only now. If you want to hear a previous show, like the one yesterday, I'm pretty sure you have to have a subscription. :-(
I will have to listen to the (delayed) airplay of today's show. They took out the ability to listen to yesterday's show (audio steaming loop) from the website.
And Raster, I'm just now thinking that Sean will at least have some callers to today's program that will ask if he could replay it. Hope that's so.
"Let's not be too harsh on poor Mel. "
That was not my intent, from my wee little perspective Mel stands head and shoulders above most.
The judge can be impeached by way of State laws in place, but the Feds cannot, by the Constitution, do the job. That is my understanding of the case.
It was a judiciary sanction of murder by starvation, not a state sanction. If
I'm wrong, tell me what the state did or failed to do, under state laws, to allow her murder. In other words, what could have the governor done legally? The judges ignored the Congress who make the laws. The judges can be removed by impeachment, but I wonder if the people and the pols have the guts to do the job.
To: 1FASTGLOCK45
"Adultery isn't against the law. And it isn't a condition of which to remove him as guardian. It's a moot point."
Adultery is not against the law? Homosexualty is not against the law? Next you will tell us that starving a person to death for 14 days and publicly is not against the law! (sarcasm)
Yes, governemnt R or D, no difernece.
Thrown Judge Greer in jail, and appointed a sane Judge to replace him.
And Mel always stands tall in places where it is most unpopular.....the mark of a true hero.
"Picture the Supreme Court with the 10 Commandments carved on the building.."Thou shall not kill," refusing to hear this landmark case."
I know there are two tablets [in the wall] representing the 10 Commandments with no true words on them in the Supreme Court building. That's pretty fitting, considering how they act.
FReegards....
Fifteen years ago? That's a long time to get a law changed. Shame on them, then. They let her down.
Show me the statues, because your sarcasm makes it difficult to believe that anyone would hold such an opinion.
I see your point, but I was thinking of this case in terms of FL law being changed to save a life. The fact that the citizens didn't stop their legislature from writing such law remains. The citizens dropped the ball.
WOW. Can you stop and breathe? You didn't offer a coherent point to follow. Sorry.
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