Terri Schiavo's Parents Complaining AGAIN

[Modem Butterfly]

I guess these people just can't surrender the spotlight. Now they're bitching that their daughter's widower hasn't told them where and when her ashes will be interred. They just can't stop themselves from hounding this poor man...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20050509/ap_on_re_us/brain_damaged_woman
The family of a severely brain-damaged woman who died after her feeding tube was removed in March said Friday they still have not been told where her remains will be laid to rest.

Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, who waged a lengthy court battle over her end-of-life wishes, said on Fox's "Hannity & Colmes" show that her husband is keeping her remains from them.

"They were supposed to tell us, and we still have not heard from ... Michael Schiavo where Terri's been laid," said Terri Schiavo's brother, Bobby Schindler. "Our family expected this. Michael has disobeyed court orders throughout the ordeal and continues to do so today."

Michael Schiavo is under court order to notify the Schindlers of his plans for a memorial service. He has had his wife cremated and has said her ashes would be buried at a family plot in Pennsylvania.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. So they go on Insannity to find out? If it's an issue, hire a lawyer.

Duh.

[atommom]

2. No, they go on Insannity because they can't stand not being

the center of attention anymore! I expect them to milk this for all it's worth. :eyes:

[Kerrytravelers]

7. ATTENTION !!! WE NEED ATTENTION !!!! PAY ATTENTION TO US !!!!

Exactly.

[LostinVA]

8. Bingo n/t

[JDPriestly]

3. Keep the cards and letters

and donations flowing! That's their motto.

[FreedomAngel82]

15. Don't forget the money

[Ganja Ninja]

4. I would make them go to court.

First off I would spread her ashes in the sea. Then I would withhold telling them for as long as I could without getting myself in trouble.

[Modem Butterfly]

13. Good thinking. Deprive the extremists of a symbol to rally around...

I'm afraid that if the Schinder's know where Terri's ashes are interred the anti-choicers will start exploiting it. Why should they care about the families of the others who are buried there? After all, they didn't give two hoots for the sick and dying whom they disturbed at Terri's hospice...

[bunkerbuster1]

5. I'd tell them they're buried in the basement of the Alamo

if I were a cruel man, which I'm not.

[Roland99]

22. heh heh

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. I gotta cut the Schindlers a little slack on this one

They have every right to know where their daughter is buried. They don't have the right to turn it into another fucking media circus or right wing organizational opportunity, however. And I don't think it is at all unreasonable that they make a public apology to Michael Schiavo for the accusations of abuse which have now been proven false.

[Kerrytravelers]

9. They do have the right to know. I agree with you here.

I just can not believe they run to the Faux corporate media when they hae a legal issue. It is so damn sickening.

[eissa]

11. Agree

I supported Michael during that circus, but he's a parent and should understand the parents' wish to visit their daughter's final resting place.

[Modem Butterfly]

14. Their daughter isn't actually buried yet

I think Michael Schiavo is waiting for some of the hoopla to die down in order to deprive the Schindlers of just the kind of scene on which they seem to thrive.

[gratuitous]

18. Yeah, they should be told

But of course, instead of going back to the judge and asking that Michael be held to the terms of the order, they go on the Hannity program to make allegations that Michael Schiavo has previouly violated unspecified court orders. Now I wonder why they would go on a national program to make such vague allegations, and why would Mr. Hannity, self-styled defender of truth and justice, provide a platform for them?

Hint: Complete this well-known phrase: "A _________ and his __________ are soon parted."

[youspeakmylanguage]

20. After the way Michael Schiavo, Greer, and others were treated...

...by this "family", I wouldn't tell them a damn thing. They turned Terri's final weeks into a grotesque circus. If she were my wife I'd be willing to go to jail to defend her right to rest in peace.

[spindoctor]

10. And why is a civil case brought to the media?

If there is a court order, the matter is very simple.

These people have lost all their credibility as far as I am concerned.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. I agree

Instead of doing their business privately they take it to the circus we call media and they're going to bring Randall Terry out and all this other nonsense. Are they still selling their sick merchandise?

[medeak]

12. I thought the husband was reconsidering and thinking of her family

and putting ashes to rest in Florida... well... this temper tantrum would kill it for me.

Y'all are right... it's about getting donations...

[carpe diem]

17. and that is the whole point...

they don't want any kind of healing or conciliation...they want the conflict and tension because there's more mileage in it for them...I always thought while Mrs. Schiavo was alive that if Mary Shindler (her mother) had picked up a phone to talk heart to heart to the man she used to call 'son' and who used to call her 'mom' , that they could have made peace and come to some kind of understanding re: Theresa...but that would have removed them from the spotlight and the money spigot and that was way more important than having some privacy and repect for their daughter's dignity...

[flordehinojos]

19. i am sure i remember his lawyer talking about this before t.schiavo died,

and on the day of her death, and the parents are not supposed to be part of the internment or the spreading of the ashes ceremony.

they know it. they've been told. they can't settle anything on a 1:1 with m. schiavo because as you and this thread well say all they want is attention, attention, attention.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. I try to put myself in Michael Schiavo's shoes .......

..... and imagine what it is like to face this pack of jackals. I'm not talking about the parents, per se. I'm talking about the camp followers whom they've allowed to hijack this entire tragedy. It is almost as if a Renaissance Faire set up in St. Peter's Square. Medieval music and court jesters. Banners and singers. Jugglers and clowns.

If it were possible for the interment ceremony to be respectful and dignified, that would be one thing. I would be be able to let the parents know when and where and even send a car for them.

But that simply isn't the case. It was the parents who allowed some certifiable loons to be a part of their entourage. The last thing anyone needs is an interment ceremony that has a Jesus on a Bumper Hitch as the backdrop and Juggling Jesus as the interlude entertainment. We don't need a eulogy by Terri Randall. We don't need moaning by religious extremists about the sanctity of life to supplant a dignified church liturgy.

The fact is, the Schindlers have conducted themselves disgracefully. In allowing the breathing corpse of this man's wife to be held up as a symbol of perverted righteousness, they have abdicated any claim whatever on inclusion in her final moment above ground.

So, were I Michael Schiavo, I would be doing exactly what he's doing. He's quiet. He's unconfronting. He's dignified.

Once she's interred, he should them allow them to know where. But not before. The parents long ago demonstrated fully and eloquently their desire for a carnival. A carnival is not what's called for here.

Once she's been laid to a final rest, the Schindlers, et al, can do their thing ......

A little of this ....


.... and this .....


.... and this .....


.... and some of this ....


.... and throw in a few of these folks for good measure .....


... and to add to the mix .....


.... all in all, they're all just a bunch of ....

Bozos for Jesus

[bunkerbuster1]

23. "The fact is, the Schindlers have conducted themselves disgracefully."

So good I wanted it repeated.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

24. Don't forget Spoon Lady...

Mary Porta has the right to get in the act, too!

[Bluebear]

27. Should we not spunge HER mouth?

[Bouncy Ball]

25. I can understand their wanting to know (do they REALLY not know?)

but WHY is this a news story?

[Jacobin]

26. They prolly wanna sell little boxes of ash on E-Bay

What a bunch of ghoulish freaks.

[Generator]

28. I thought the whole point of religion was the soul not the body

Which is why I think this whole thing is insane. They worship the body apparently. But this is a pet peeve of mine. I don't find gravesites, ashes, or dead bodies to have anything to do with the loved one. Just a vessel. I know I'm in the minority..and everyone must have the body..the body to bury to look at..but I don't get it. I just don't get it. It's a body. It's not the soul. It's not even the person. It's a body.

And it's all mental-you could say this was the grave and it wouldn't have to be. You could have any ashes to worship and pray over-you wouldn't know the difference. Personally, for a shrine..I'd pick a nice picture of them living and pray to that. But that's not how everyone else acts..so again..I find this planet very strange.