I'm in Orlando - Should I go to Schiavo with a DU Banner?

[ExpresS]

What do you guys think about going there with a huge banner and getting some juicy pics for the day??? Pinellas Park is just a hope skip and a jump away!

[flvegan]

1. I'm in Tampa, and I think I'm going to go and take pics of the march.

[janx]

2. What march?

[ExpresS]

7. A double-team Vegan?

I wasn't aware of a march either Janx...

[Just Me]

25. Maybe, you'll get your picture splashed on a news source and,...

,...we'll get to see who you are!!!

Wouldn't that be totally awesome!!! :bounce:

On edit: just don't portray yourself as a representative of DU.

[flvegan]

11. Oh, sorry...

http://www.marchforterri.org/

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. I'm in Melbourne and too sick to drag myself out of bed.

I'll be there in spirit, if a tad bit on the green side.

[ewagner]

3. Out of respect,

I'd stay out of it.....

Let the Repubs make an issue out of it, we'll stand quietly by the law...

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. No. But go with something supporting her wishes

or at least what you think that should be. :)

On second thought...I'd stay out of it. It's going to get very, very, very ugly. There could be violence in this one. I hope not, but something's going to blow.

[Frances]

6. Please don't take a DU banner

A woman is dying, as she should. But we should all be very respectful.

[ExpresS]

10. Understood...

Banner idea dropped.

[whistle]

17. I agree, don't drag DU into this deliberate trap by wing-nuts....

...and religious fundamentalists who will use any political group as scapegoats to further publicize their agendas. Go as a private citizen to express your own beliefs on the subject of family privacy on life and death decisions. I'd like to be there, but my work won't allow me to be in Tampa this weekend.

[PunkPop]

8. The idea is funny

But actual doing it would probably be in pretty poor taste.

[BlueEyedSon]

9. Go with a bag of Big Macs/fries, eat them in front of the hunger strikers

[ExpresS]

13. HA! That would be classic!

Did anyone see the documentary "SUpersize Me?"

[watercolors]

12. NO!

Do no add to the circus, this is all insanity, let the freepers do their thing, I would hope we are above that kind of hysteria. Just pray that she will peacefully pass on quickly, and this nightmare ends for all.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

14. no, stay away from there eom.

[liberalitch]

15. The banner shuld say: DUers support the right to die with dignity

Let's try to get Michael to join DU

[TlalocW]

16. When Operation Rescue came to Wichita in the...

Late 80s or early 90s when I was in high school, I always wanted to get a female friend to go in on something with me where I would throw her over my shoulder and carry her, screaming and yelling, into Dr. Tiller's just to get both pro-choice and anti-choice riled at me. No one wanted to risk their lives though... chickens.

There were some kids that who set up a wading pool down the street from Tiller and sat around in lawn chairs in their swimming trunks with signs that said, "Honk if you love cheese" and "Rug burns hurt."

TlalocW

[BlueJazz]

18. I've been down there a few times (I live about 6 blocks from the..

.."circus")
I've never mentioned DU though.
I wouldn't want some reporter associating DU with this mess..

[crispini]

19. You know, if I were there...

I'd go with a banner and photos protesting the Iraq war. That guy you keep seeing on TV with the big red banner saying "Stop the Killing" all red like it's dripping blood? I'd do a knockoff of his banner, only with lots of gory photos of Iraqi children and wounded and injured.

Maybe that would make them think. Stop the killing, indeed.

[killbotfactory]

20. Wear a rainbow wig

and hold a sign saying "JEB 3:16". We'll know who you are.

[guinivere]

21. No. I don't think you should go. But if you do, no banner. JMO n/t

[Desertrose]

22. please DON'T!

I think the less people focus on this media circus the better. The right is doing exceedingly well at making asses out of themselves all on their own. I see no reason to drag DU or dems into it.

This is about a woman dying...... just try to imagine if she were your sister or wife...how would you feel?

I am ashamed of the feeding frenzy of the human race- left, right or middle...we are all gonna check out someday and I for one would hope to be able to do it with dignity, privacy and on my own timetable.

Peace
DR

[RubyCat]

23. Only if you're a troll.

In that case, why don't you go there with a banner that screams "We're Democrats! We want to KILL Terri! Kill, kill, kill!"

[Junkdrawer]

36. LOL

:thumbsup:

[ultraist]

24. It's too late to go, IMO

Before these last rulings came in, it would have been a good idea to go with a sign that said, "Respect Terri's rights and wishes" or something along those lines.

The rulings are in now. I agree with those that have said, it's time to step back and be respectful of Terri's final days and hours.

And, yes, it could get violent. Those people are fucking nuts.

[Bridget Burke]

26. Certainly NOT.

Represent yourself if you must.

[ExpresS]

27. This thread has officially ended...

By rule of online forums... as soon as someone mentions the word troll in reference to another member... automatically ends the thread.

[killbotfactory]

28. damnit! I think my rainbow wig idea is brilliant!

JEB 3:16!

Come on!

[RubyCat]

31. I'll go myself, but I'll carry a FreeRepublic.com banner.

I'll wear that rainbow wig, so see if you can spot me! :)

[Bridget Burke]

37. I didn't use the word TROLL.

Why did you answer my post that way?

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. No. I think you should let this woman die in peace, while the idiots

scream around her.

[Bouncy Ball]

30. Please don't.

I'd rather everyone there just stop making it a circus and go home and pray, if they feel so inclined. I don't want DU's name besmirched with that disgusting, undignified mess down there.

[Catchawave]

32. I agree with Bouncey, but

if you're serious, I'd run it by the Admin via ATA (only because I'd like to see Skinner's position on the circus!)

Otherwise, I'd make my message aimed at the MSM and their totally crappy misinformation for ratings coverage that has hurt this poor woman most of all.....plus dividing this nation with an even sharper knife.

[johnaries]

33. I have to agree with those who say no.

This family is hurting, both the Schindlers and her husband. It's already been politicized enough.

[HEyHEY]

34. No, if you were dying would you want all these strangers showing up?

[hippiegranny]

35. NO! NO! NO!

and HELL NO!!! This is none of anybody's business but the family members involved. That this sad case has become a political football is awful beyond words. Show some class - stay away.

[BornLeft]

38. I would avoid that place

as if the plague had just been found. Let those terrorists do their own thing. Pretty soon it will be too dangerous as their heads literally start exploding.