Quote: PaulWellr said:Michael Schiavo has become the target of accusations that ...he wants her to die so he can marry a woman with whom he has lived for the last few years and fathered two children.
Michael Schiavo has vehemently denied the accusations of abuse, greed and heartlessness in interviews and to investigators, and an independent report to Gov. Jeb Bush and the judicial system two years ago said "the evidence is incontrovertible that he gave his heart and soul to her treatment and care."...
The attacks on his character have become talk-show fodder and high-profile commentary, from the Wall Street Journal's editorial
Having read the Wall St. Journal editorial, I thought it was pretty fair. It went to pains to point out that Schiavo's taking up with another woman was maybe justified emotionally:
It would require a heroic degree of self-sacrifice for a man to forgo love and sex in order to remain faithful to an incapacitated wife, and it would be unreasonable to hold an ordinary man to a heroic standard.
But it is equally unreasonable to let Mr. Schiavo have it both ways. If he wishes to assert his marital authority to do his wife in, the least society can expect in return is that he refrain from making a mockery of his marital obligations.
As the Journal notes, Schiavo is, to some extent, trying to have it both ways. He is trying to claim his full status and rights as Terri's husband while ignoring the responsibilty of a husband not to get involved with another woman.
At the very least, I can see what it would make people uncomfortable.
Quote: Crowd psychology experts say demonizing those with opposing views is common in such highly emotional confrontations as abortion rights and end-of-life decisions...........
I think there's plenty of that going on with both sides here, when you start calling people who don't agree with letting her die "religious nuts."
