In the "Thank You and Screw You!" Department

If you've sent money to the Schindlers to support them in their effort to save Terri Schiavo, they have a special thank you coming your way. To raise more money, they're selling your information to a direct marketing company.

From The Times:

The parents of Terri Schiavo have authorized a conservative direct-mailing firm to sell a list of their financial supporters, making it likely that thousands of strangers moved by her plight will receive a steady stream of solicitations from anti-abortion and conservative groups.

"These compassionate pro-lifers donated toward Bob Schindler's legal battle to keep Terri's estranged husband from removing the feeding tube from Terri," says a description of the list on the Web site of the firm, Response Unlimited, which is asking $150 a month for 6,000 names and $500 a month for 4,000 e-mail addresses of people who responded last month to an e-mail plea from Ms. Schiavo's father. "These individuals are passionate about the way they value human life, adamantly oppose euthanasia and are pro-life in every sense of the word!"

Privacy experts said the sale of the list was legal and even predictable, if ghoulish.

So thank you and fuck you, folks! Enjoy the mailings of photos of catastrophic fetuses. They'll go lovely with the coffee and Sara Lee.

Thanks to Majikthise for the link.