[PeyersPatches]

When someone says, 'I wouldn't want to live like that,' it's believing it will never happen to you. When it does, it's not a bad life or a useless life. It's a changed life."

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I think that statement is very important as I have seen SO many people make it. She is correct, it is easy to say something when you're not in the position and, unfortunately, when you get in the position, you can't tell folks that you really didn't mean it. That is why life should always win over death. We do not have the right to arrogantly decide that Terri's life is not worth living.

[msmagoo]

Yes, there is a vast difference between saying "I wouldn't want to live like that" and "Please kill me if I ever become disabled."

In between there is room for a wide range of personal choice - and without a living will, I don't think a guardian is qualified to use a casual statement as proof of an expressed "wish" to be used to terminate life when other family members disagee.