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To: daivid
>> Dogs may be euthanized legally. Humans may not.

Euthanized, yes. Denied food and water, no. We republished the Pinellas cruelty-to-animals statutes several times to make the point that Terri was treated worse than any other creature.

85 posted on 04/20/2006 5:02:29 PM PDT by T'wit (Our top bioethicists: 5) Cranford 4) Rachel Carson 3) Ted Bundy 2) Margaret Sanger 1) Eric Pianka.)
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To: T'wit
You just made my point. There is a big difference between denying food and water to a dog and force-feeding a human against her will.

Last year, my neighbor's old Australian shepherd dog refused to eat and drink.

Instead of force-feeding his dog, he took the dog to the vet. The vet euthanized the dog. The vet speeded up the dying process.

If the vet had not euthanized it, the dog would have died just like Terri.

86 posted on 04/20/2006 5:14:32 PM PDT by daivid
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To: T'wit

You forgot Peter Singer in your list of bioethicists.


94 posted on 04/20/2006 5:56:00 PM PDT by AmishDude (AmishDude, servant of the dark lord Xenu.)
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