[retarmy]

You wrote, ”You gotta be kidding!” Let me ask you how you could think that I would kid about something as serious as this? Do you think that just because it is posted here that it is true? If so, you are serving yourself poorly. I check source material before I believe anything –especially from blogs and certain mainstream media. I am not influenced by emotion and rhetoric, but by logic and truth. If you have not yet realized it, there are three sides to this sad tragedy, the parent’s side, the husband’s side, and the truth, which may or may not be somewhere in between. I want to know the truth, not simply read propaganda from either of the other two sides. You should be glad I want to know, not sarcastic.

The reason I asked that question is that the climate that has existed, and still exists, regarding Terri’s life and death has placed an atmosphere of doubt over everything and anything that is either posted on the Internet, or written in the media. I live here in Pinellas County, work here, and vote here and I have been following Terri’s story since the beginning of the 1990’s, when the lawsuits began. While I was against removing her feeding tube, I was and am vehemently against the federal government usurping the rights of the citizens of Florida. The truth about Terri’s life will make a difference in how I and my family vote in the next elections.

That being said, I found interesting, and some conflicting information at the site you attached, but what struck me the most was the report of Dr. Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD, Guardian Ad Litem for Theresa Marie Schiavo. The last two paragraphs of his report to the governor are so very telling, especially for those of us who have followed Terri’s life for so long. He wrote,

”Until and unless there is objective, fresh, mutually agreed upon closure regarding measurable and well accepted scientific bases for deducing Theresa's clinical state, Theresa will not be done justice. There must be at least a degree of trust with respect to a process that the factions competing for Theresa's best interest can agree. To benefit Theresa, and in the overall interests of justice, good science, and public policy, there needs to be a fresh, clean-hands start.

The Schindlers and the Schiavos are normal, decent people who have found themselves within the construct of an exceptional circumstance which none of them, indeed, few reasonable and normal people could have imagined. As a consequence of this circumstance, extensive urban mythology has created toxic clouds, causing the parties and others to behave in ways that may not, in the order of things, serve the best interests of the ward.

[DJ MacWoW]

I didn't check your signup date. Obviously this info really IS new to you. Everyone here knows the bone scan is for real and some have argued that everyone BUT Michael Schiavo broke those bones. There was a link to the court document that Schiavo filed to block the testimony of Dr Walker. The title is still on Terri's Fight but the doc is no longer there. Of course, Dr Walker was NOT asked for his testimony. Another broken link document by Judge Greer stated that although it would be interesting to pursue the bone scan, it wasn't relevant to the case. (The possibility that he beat his wife wasn't relevant?)

There may still be some live links as I haven't tried them all. Just click on "Court Documents" on the left. You'll need PDF to read them. There are also videos of Terri on the front page.

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