[I cannot think of a name]

This is a completely serious question.

Can somebody please explain how this works. His wife wants him to stay on life support, but his kids want him off. So the kids win.

Nine years ago, the parents of Terri Shiavo wanted her kept on life support, but the husband wanted her off. So the husband wins.

Are these just differences between the two states these cases occurred in, or is it just that whoever wants to pull the plug always wins?

[DLfromthedesert]

The way I see it; Terri Schiavo was not dying; her family wanted to get her therapy, which was denied. We will never know if she would have responded, but she was never given the chance.

Casey Kasem is in the end stages of his disease, and is dying; if the food and fluids are not being absorbed and making his dying process more uncomfortable, they are thereby serving no useful purpose.

I refuse to second guess his doctors and family; this is not an easy decision.