And because this is the "real" news on the matter -

[kyburg]

The Teri Schiavo autopsy results are in.

And her husband did his duty by her.

And the so-called "pro-life" activists? *waves red flag of personal opinion*

They have a long way to go before they can convince me that their "activism" isn't smoke from another fire - it appears to have little to do with "life" or dealing with the hard realities of end-of-life issues. There are worse things than being alive, if you truly believe in any kind of afterlife.

This was one of them. Thank God it's over.

Comments

[dwinghy.livejournal.com]

I totally agree.
In my personal experience, the people who make the biggest deal about divorce being OMG THE WORST THING EVER are either a) desperate to find something to be morally patronizing about or b) deeply unhappy in their own relationship, or-- a combination of a and b. Not that that's this person's deal, just what I've seen in my (happily brief and limited) experience with such belief systems.

[browren.livejournal.com]

I take it you don't know any children of divorced parents, then. They tend to have rather strong feelings about how wonderful of an experience it is, particularly if the divorce involved one of their parents cheating.

I'm not trying to be morally patronizing, nor am I unhappy with any of my own relationships, all I am saying is that this guy is not the squeaky-clean saint he's being put forward as, and that his motives are questionable. Do I know for a fact that he did this for himself rather than for her? No. But I do know that he's said things that don't match his actions, and those things make him a prick in my book.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

"Smoke from another fire."

Yup.

[dwinghy.livejournal.com]

I take it you don't know any children of divorced parents, then.

You can take whatever you want, but you'd be wrong. I also know plenty of people who grew up with parents who hated one another but refused to go their separate ways. That's an even more wonderful experience.
But eh, no one's discussing kids here, so that's irrelevant. Teri was hardly having children while she was in that state.

I'm not trying to be morally patronizing, nor am I unhappy with any of my own relationships

Like I said, that's just my own anecdotal evidence speaking, I've no idea what your deal is. Judging from your icon as well as your comments on this thread, it seems to me you just really really like celebrity gossip. Which is fine, but that's a subject that's of absolutely no interest to me whatsoever, so it always surprises me when other people are interested.

all I am saying is that this guy is not the squeaky-clean saint he's being put forward as, and that his motives are questionable.

Again, that's fine, if that's how you feel. But it's entirely irrelevant, as he did absolutely nothing wrong from a legal standpoint, or in my own opinion, from an ethical standpoint-- sure, you can question his motives all you like, but since you can't read his mind, and you don't know any of the people in question, it's essentially a huge waste of time. The reason you're having trouble convincing anyone here otherwise is because the rest of us realize that it's absolutely none of our business, and we can never know what goes on in the heart of a total stranger.