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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (98130)	3/15/2005 1:50:28 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

He has never publicly discussed the situation so it's hard to say if he is a jerk or not. He has been offered enormous sums of money to drop it and hasn't accepted, so I doubt he is in it for money. [edit: actually he has spoken to the press, here is what he said on Larry King ... KING: All right. Let's put it this way. Why do you want the feeding tube removed? In other words, let's say the parents say they'll take care of her, right? Is that what they say? SCHIAVO: Mm-hmm. KING: Walk away. SCHIAVO: Why should I, Larry? This is Terri's wish. This is Terri's choice. KING: It's not written anywhere, right? SCHIAVO: Yes, but it's been decided for six years of litigation that this was Terri's wish. KING: No, but I mean, why... SCHIAVO: Now, they keep saying that I'm the only one that came to the court with these comments that Terri made. There was two other people that testified also. KING: That she did say that? SCHIAVO: That she did say that. KING: But why do you want it taken out? Why do you want the feeding tube removed? SCHIAVO: This is Terri's wish. And I'm going to follow that wish, if it's the last thing I can do for Terri. I love Terri deeply. And I'm going to follow it up for Terri. KING: How old was she when this happened? SCHIAVO: 25. KING: A 25-year-old said to you, if I die, if I'm in this kind of state, most 25-year-olds wouldn't think of something like that? SCHIAVO: It was a comment from watching certain programs. She said, we were watching some programs, and she says, I don't want anything artificial like that. I don't want any tubes. Don't let me live like that. I don't want to be a burden to anybody. She's also made comments to other people about different stories. KING: OK. SCHIAVO: And that has been -- that has been tried over and over and over again. And 19 judges have come to the conclusion that that was Terri's wish.