The essence of any form of fanaticism, is the absence of an ability "to see the forest for the trees." The fanatic believes that his or her enthusiasm, for the slogans being ranted, is a substitute for rational argument. His rant may make the fanatic feel good; to believe that he is doing what he is called upon to do; that all who are not evil will heed his verbal argument. Yet all such tactics can ever do is antagonize those with truer and clearer images of the positive and negative dynamics of human interaction. The Schiavo protesters hurled names and epithets, with no sense of propriety or restraint. They aspersed the motives of others, perhaps to make themselves feel better, or to vent their frustration. Yet the images, which these self-proclaimed champions of "Life" evoked in the Schiavo case, resonated--and will long resonate--with most skeptics, as the images of a "Living Death"; something out of a horror movie, not a celebration of the sanctity of the life God gave to man. When one considers, further, the realities discussed above with respect to a developing technology amidst an aging population, one recognizes another likely effect from the rant of the protesters. It will evoke fears in many of all ages, of being kept partially alive--whether as a "cash cow" for the "health care" business, or because of someone else's compulsion--while the body is tortured, human dignity destroyed, and accumulated family assets squandered.