Bobby Schindler and Brother Paul O'Donnell on Hannity and Colmes tonight spoke of Terri's interactions with visitors today. Statistically, it is very late and Terri's fate does not look good, but she once said, "Where there's life, there's hope." We shouldn't give up on her.
Nat Hentoff describes the real facts behind Terri Schiavo's case, as opposed to the Old Media spin.
As a Feb. 28 letter to the Washington Times by Daniel John Sobieski asks: "Who's next? Alzheimer's victims? The elderly in nursing homes? The handicapped? . . . Will we be allowed to do to people what is illegal to do to dogs?" The courts and the ignorant coverage by most of the media of this crucial case have until now appallingly failed Terri Schiavo and the community of the disabled.
And who knows how many more innocent victims in the years ahead?
Meanwhile, Wesley Smith describes how the Internet has changed the dynamics in the fight for the lives of the vulnerable.
Terri Schiavo's story is a tragedy, and, for many, an outrage. But it holds a glimmer of hope for those with views that have traditionally received short shrift in the media--a category that decidedly includes those fighting to reverse the presumption of death enshrined in all too many state laws covering cases like Terri Schiavo's. Thanks to the new online media, these cases will never again be one-sided.
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