I am being pretty damn cold-hearted towards her parents. Why? Well, they sold the donor list. Can you imagine the outcry from the right if Michael Schiavo had done that? They plastered her face everywhere, looking as pathetic as possible. Based on what little I know of Terri Schiavo, I don't think she would have wanted that. They took away her dignity. And they were not her most frequent visitors over the years -- that was Michael.
If my parents did that to me, I'd come back from beyond and beat 'em with a stick.
I grok what you're saying, but their behavior has made me very unsympathetic. I feel like they've pimped their daughter out to promote a political agenda -- and they even admitted that even if they knew for sure being unplugged was what Terri wanted, they wouldn't do it.
Then again, I don't think this would even be an issue in my family, which makes it very hard for me to imagine. Almost to a man, we've pretty much all stated that we wouldn't want to exist like that.
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Date: 2005-04-01 12:22 am (UTC)If my parents did that to me, I'd come back from beyond and beat 'em with a stick.
I grok what you're saying, but their behavior has made me very unsympathetic. I feel like they've pimped their daughter out to promote a political agenda -- and they even admitted that even if they knew for sure being unplugged was what Terri wanted, they wouldn't do it.
Then again, I don't think this would even be an issue in my family, which makes it very hard for me to imagine. Almost to a man, we've pretty much all stated that we wouldn't want to exist like that.