I cannot find a transcript online yet since the show ended a few minutes ago, so I am doing this from memory. When Michael Schiavo was asked about his girlfriend he said something like "I am very fortunate to have two women in my
life who I love." I feel sick.
Update:I had nightmares over this last night. I only watched it briefly out of curiosity. When I hear or know someone who for whatever reason feels they have the right to play God with people's lives, I often wonder what it is about them that makes them feel so much more special than anyone else. I mean, was he like so much more divinely hotter looking, or smarter or sumthin' sumthin'? Well, maybe to himself, I dunno. He looked creepy to me. He looked like one of those men that would be online behind you at Starbucks making slightly off colored jokes in his girlfriend's ear within ear shot as if to say "guess what, we have sex!" and that I would give dirty looks to for invading my hearing zone, and would give me "oh lighten up already looks in return." Dontcha hate it when that happens? Anyway, a bit of digression there.
In that snippit I tried to quote (again, working from memory here), Larry asked him something like "You could have divorced Terri and married your new girlfriend. No one would blame you in this situation. Why haven't you?"
Slime Boy:"Because I made a promise to her to let her die."
Woohoo, I normally like a guy who promises to give me the world, and rings and love, and you know, happy stuff. Oh but this guy promised "death".
And oh how noble! He gets his girlfriend but he is a loyal and loving husband because he will not divorce his poor wife because she needs to die. America is buying this crap?
Death stuff aside, if my husband had a girlfriend, and said to me "I cannot divorce you because I promised to support you..." or some other BS like that, well the benefit is women not imprisoned in Hospice Care homes can use their boots...
I am just so, you know, ugh! I just cannot believe the stuff he said and how people think this is noble. This world has gone stark raving mad.
Sorry how this blog was supreme rant and lacked any kind of form whatsoever. As I am writing this my husband is telling me to stop bidding on ebay and my boys are throwing toys at each other. Another day...
Updated Update:
Hey Victor, I think my Starbucks guy and your "I want my new truck" guy are one in the same.
No he isn't. He's a slug with arrested development.
Ick.
Swine.
glad I read that before I had breakfast.
Glad I missed it.
And so are the kids.....it frightens them when I start screaming at the TV.
Larry King: "So what is the Shindlers' motivation in all this? In keeping their daughter alive."
Schiavo's reply (verbatim): "I dunno. Just to make my life Hell, I guess."
Like I said... he's white trash.
I watched some of it -- kept getting interupted. I really tried to keep an open mind. I was actually afraid for a minute that I would see an honestly grieved husband who was trying to do his best for his wife.
Nah. Some of the things he said were so outlandish, I wanted to call in and say, "Look, you dummy, you are making it completely obvious that you want her killed for your own sake!"
The comment that the Schindlers are just trying to "make my life hell" is one example. Another was that his girlfriend "has done more for Terri than her own mother has." Like anybody could believe that after watching Terri's mom interact with her on the video.
The bit about having two women he loved comes into play. And oh, when they started talking about airing video of Terri (which Larry King did), you could see how disgusted Michael is with Terri's disability. He tried to say it was Terri's "right to privacy" but come on. She has a right to privacy, but not a right to live? Also saying that all Terri's dad wants is money. Luckily, Larry King aired some clips of Bob Schindler that showed him as he really is, a loving father.
I was really creeped out by the whole interview.
Hi all,
Mr. Schaivo's actions are repugnant, his opinions reprehensible, and yet he is still a deluded and beloved child of God, potentially our brother. We should not make ourselves over in his image by the criticisms we levy at him. He is in much need of prayer.
I originally started writing this to note that things once seen cannot be unseen--it's why we need to be extraordinarily careful about what we subject ourselves to. I did not see the interview, I have not read the transcript. I don't see how either would help me save Ms. Schaivo or pray better for Mr. Schaivo. I am too frail a person to witness this kind of thing and then still be able to hold both parties in my prayers as I must do, so I deliberately refrain, as I refrain from much of present media--it's just too dangerous.
shalom,
Steven
Mr. Riddle,
You are a model of Christian virtue which I should try to mirror better, and I have a lot to learn.
With that said, maybe I should not have personally attacked the guy, but the things he said and what he claims to stand for really scared me very much.Not just symbolically, but on a personal level.
Dear Pansy,
You are too kind. I am a broken vessel and protect myself in the best manner I can. Much of what I say is as much to remind me of the truth as it is to say anything to anyone else.
And I don't blame you for fear--he speaks what a great many only think--it is frightening.
shalom,
Steven