Michael Schiavo: A refusal to quit in the face of threats, anguish and vitriol.

The Inquirer ^ | Mar. 20, 2005 | Sandy Bauers

[danamco]

Let's see. One side can just walk away. The other side cannot walk away without losing everything they value. Seems kind of clear who the villian is in this drama. Mike can just walk away. It is only his arrogant refusal to allow the parents to step in and take over the care of Terry that causes this crisis. Real simple answer Mike. Just walk away and let the parents take over instead of clinging with a chidlish arrogance to your own ego driven desire to posture, wrongfully, as some sort of Media "hero". The parent's cannot walk away, you can. Be a man for once in your life Mikey. Walk away rather then insisting on your own ego driven desire to impose YOUR will on everyone else.


It's not that easy. At this state Michael can NOT do anything, just walk away or stay!
No, he has nothing to say. It's all decided by a blind and incompetent judge (Greer) who similarly in 1995 refused to give a wife protection from a violent husband. She wanted a restraining order which Greer denied her, as he said in lack of proper evidence!! 10 days later that wife was stabbed to death of that same husband!!!

[thoughtomator]

That's an interpretation of the Bible I haven't seen before, but it's quite moot, since under Florida law he is most certainly guilty of adultery.

[PFKEY]

Don't foget the fact that he never once mentioned her supposed desire to "die rather than live like that" until AFTER the $1 million malpractice settlement.

From the article you will see that this question was addressed and the answer seems perfectly reasonable to me.

The Schindlers - who did not respond to a request for an interview made through their lawyer - have been distrustful of his motives partly because, they have said, no one mentioned Terri's wishes until years after her collapse. But, Scott said, "it's not something you think about while Mike's trying to save her life... . It's something that people do when there's nothing left to do."

[GeekDejure]

I have yet to encounter ONE rational argument in favor of starving this woman. Not from Felos, not from Michael Schiavo, not from Neil Boortz, not from anyone on Free Republic.

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Are you ready for this extraordinary encounter? Here it is:

"ONE rational argument in favor of starving this woman."

There... FINALLY... now maybe I can sleep soundly tonight !!!

P.S. Hope you've got a sense of humor !!! ;-))

[thoughtomator]

You are wrong on the facts. Terri can in fact eat food but her husband forbid it and thus she is fed through a tube.

You can only pull the plug if a person is dependent on a plug. This person is not, she can survive just fine independent of machinery.

If quality of life is the determining factor, who decides what life is unfit to live?

[notigar]

"A man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery - unless his wife has been unfaithful." Matthew chapter 19 verse 9. And you think you're the first person to come up with that argument? Maybe you should apply to be her lawyer.

[GatorGirl]

Sorry, I was caught in Freepmail. It's late so I really can't stick around...

He absolutely can divorce her. But he'd rather kill her.

An incapacitated person can be divorced but the rub is the guardian must bring the case or defend it in the incapactiated person's place.

The person who would rather kill her is her guardian.

[Howlin]

I think I'll take your advice.

[thoughtomator]

Schiavo never divorced his wife. Your point is moot. Besides, there's no book of Matthew in my Bible.

[notigar]

So nobody gave her food this whole time for her to eat normally? That doesn't make sense.

[Former Military Chick]

I just wanted to thank you for your comments. There are many point of views. Wow! Some have commented that this thread came from the Philly paper. So I went to Find Law and here is the link.

I have no doubt someone will find something wrong with this site but I am still going to toss it out there for those who would like to learn more.

Terri Schiavo Case: Legal Issues Involving Healthcare Directives, Death, and Dying

[Darkwolf377]

"The Schindlers - who did not respond to a request for an interview made through their lawyer - have been distrustful of his motives partly because, they have said, no one mentioned Terri's wishes until years after her collapse. "But, Scott said, "it's not something you think about while Mike's trying to save her life... . It's something that people do when there's nothing left to do."

In a word, this is BS. When my father had a stroke and went into a coma (he's fine today), we discussed these matters within DAYS.

No other way to label it, this is crap. It NEVER came up for years?

"Gradually, her respect grew. "He could have stepped off and divorced Terri five years ago, when this really hit the court. And got married and started his family that way," Rowley said."

So instead he just had another family? Obviously this is a massive rationalization of crappy behavior. I mean, come ON--if your spouse had a relationship and kids while YOU were ill, even as ill as Terri, what would YOU feel? And don't give some Mr. Spock-like rationalization, how would you feel in your guts?

"The couple has two toddlers - a daughter and a son. Michael Schiavo works in the medical unit of the Pinellas County Jail. Both Centonze and Michael Schiavo had to face "their own moral dilemmas as far as having children out of wedlock," Rowley said. "But the two of them weren't getting any younger... So does that make him a bad person because he did that? Did he fluff his responsibility to Terri at any point? No."

This doesn't pass the laugh meter.

I'm open to his side of the story, but this is a sick joke--the loving family man, having a family while his wife is sick. I would think more of him if he divorced Terri because he couldn't handle her care or whatever--again, I've never been in his shoes--but having her as his project while he's having another family is a mockery of a relationship.

[FBD]

All a believable bunch of guys there...

[thoughtomator]

She was being fed by a nurse until her husband ordered it stopped. Are you aware at all of the facts of this case? Or are you driven by some unarticulated principle that I lack the ability to discern with the information provided?

[hineybona]

How many years was she sick like this before the settlement was brought up? Wasen't it years and years ?

[notigar]

Her parents visited her all the time. Did somebody keep them from sneaking her some food on each occasion? What do YOU know about it?

[thoughtomator]

Why don't you review her medical record and see if you can come up with an innocent explanation of her multiple bone fractures across various parts of her body and the lack of medical evidence supporting the official bulimic-heart-attack story.

[FBD]

I find this document troubling:

[notigar]

You must know something the cops don't.

[thoughtomator]

He got a court order, please review the facts of the case and then discuss it. There's links galore that are more than sufficient to put the husband's actions and motives in a damning light.