| djgordon 2005-03-24, 12:21 pm |
| "About a dozen people, including some children, submitted to arrest after
making the symbolic gesture of carrying water toward the hospice." SYMBOLIC
and they were arrested for making a gesture. It's not like they would have
gotten in the doors even if they were trying.
I encourage anyone interested to read the whole article, that just came out
34 minutes ago, here: (watch for wrapping)
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/merc...ws/11209309.htm
I have a feeling this is about to get even more interesting and even more
controversial (possible?) than it already has been.
Dani
"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:n_p0e.51549$c72.28382@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Oh well, I got done with my quota and had a few things I learned while I
was
> away. First, I heard on the news that Terri is fading at a really fast
rate
> now. Of course, this is according to her parents so it may be exaggerated
a
> bit, but then again I wouldn't be surprised.
>
> Plus, I only caught the tail end of this one so please someone tell me if
I
> heard wrong. I could swear that I heard friends (family even?) were trying
> to bring her water today and cops or security or somebody turned them
> away???
>
> Third and last. I belong to www.our-kids.org which is a listserv for
parents
> of disabled children. It has members in the double digit thousands around
> the world and it's buzzing with this case. On here I had only found a few
> people who feel the same way I do about it being a feeding tube that they
> were taking, but every single person who's posted on our-kids has said
they
> feel the same way. Of course, after reading some of the posts a majority
of
> them clearly are not researching it. Every one of them are calling Michael
> names. Every one of them are blaming him and thinking he is doing it for
> some type of money he will get upon her death. I'm not as vocal on that
> group anymore since Justin is gone and they moderate <VBG> so I just read
> and didn't post, but while I don't feel so lonely about my opinion
anymore,
> I find it sad just how bitter these parents are, even though they look at
it
> the same way I do--like if I had decided one day not to feed Justin. Maybe
> someday I'll just post a link that will clear up some of their hatred.
>
>
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