Terri Schiavo's battle is now over - How do you feel about it?

GDO Reader Opinions

Reader Response:

When a mother is not allowed to give their dying child a drop of water, we need to examine the soul of our country.

I'm not particularly religious, but this reminds me of Mary and Jesus on the cross.

As a parent, it breaks my heart.

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Reader Response:

I am glad it's over.

In this case. nobody wins.

May God heal the pain that all members of this family has suffered.

Maybe they will find a way to reconcile.

R. Boykins
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Reader Response:

Terri's Heavenly Return,,,

Terri Schindler (NOT Schiavo) is in our thoughts and prayers.

All human life is precious and deserves to be protected under the law,
God's Law taking Priority. Our Constitution ensures "life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness." Your daughter Theresa Marie has suffered a
true injustice in America.

I am sure you know that millions of Americans prayed for Terri's life
and mourn for her and your family during this tragic time.

Terri will never be forgotten. Terri Schindler (NOT Schiavo. If he's
Italian, he has disgraced us and the Catholic faith) and her family will
forever be in our thoughts and prayers.

May God Bless & Strengthen Your family.

A. Grimaldi
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Reader Response:

I have read and heard the responses of Terri Shiavo... and while I feel a
strong sorrow for her parents my heart bleeds for Terri.

She has been in a Hell for the last 15 years not just this last week... I mean her brain is dead, there is no coming back, brain cells do not regenerate...

All in all she is dead, let her soul be free, why are her parents allowed to be so
selfish to keep her alive for so long trapping her soul here, when there is
nothing of the person they knew save the husk of a body?

Talk about cruel and unusual punishment... and they claim to love her?

In my deepest opinion, they would have let her go a long time ago, in silence and peace.

What torture it must be for her soul to remain in a body that she is no longer a
true part of, but merely a prisoner in.

Worse they brought the public into this...

The public need not know what goes on with this tortured soul, she
should be given her peace, by the public, and her family.

Why must everything in this world cause such controversy, isn't there enough in this
world without people drawing attention to themselves in such a vulgar
manner?

What was the point in bringing this to the Public? Honestly?

Other than to make the Husband look so terrible, and the cruelty of the parents be
cast as two loving, wonderful parents?

Are they so naive as to think what they are doing is a good thing?

How can they look at her and say they have done the right thing?

There is no brain activity, how many CT scans and MRI scans do you have to have that proves to you there is nothing there and that
there will never be anything there ever again before you believe it?

How long will you let this poor woman suffer before you understand that you
aren't helping her you are torturing her soul?

Are you afraid to let her move on because you have no faith?

How dare you think that you can stay GOD's hand.

He has let you torture this soul long enough because he knew you
were to selfish and to stubborn to release her.

As for the Public reaction to this... Note to all of us, we can all have our opinions on this case but
we have no real influence... Why in this case would we add to this souls
torture by turning all our attention to it?

There will be no peace for this soul as all eyes watch her die, as strangers learn her every moment of
childhood, adolescence and adulthood now published on in papers, and on the
internet.

How dare we invade a private life...I that had this not come about we would have never paid attention to in the first place?

I know that sounds cold and cruel but truthfully, we didn't know her before this, we didn't know about her condition for 15 years and now suddenly it is such a topic of
discussion and argument.

If there is any heart and compassion let her go, give her, her peace.

~Orion

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Reader Response:

Reader Response:

I DO NOT THINK that she should be starved to death or deprived of water.

I think this is absolutely horrible.

Why doesn't Michael (who has not been her husband since he started living with another woman) back out of the case?

If he thinks that his Catholicism prevents him from divorce, what does he think it will mean if he causes her to die???

Please, someone, step in!

Arlene Irvin, Ohio

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Reader Response:

Personally, I think that the courts or government has no business involving itself in a private situation.

This should have been resolved immediately after the "living will" wishes were made public.

I have a living will and I do not want those directives violated by anyone, especially a stranger.

It's an invasion of personal rights.

Paula Cowan