[grassboots.org]

Transcript: Larry KING: Did your mother's death have anything to do with how you... SCHIAVO: Yes, she did. My mother died, and it was the first time I ever came in contact with hospice. And I'll tell you what -- what a wonderful organization those people are.... KING: Did she die of cancer? SCHIAVO: She died of cancer and she brought me to the realistic world. KING: I didn't think that Terri fit the terminal concept. I thought cancer means, you know they have a few months to live. SCHIAVO: Persistent vegetative state in the state of Florida is considered terminal. CALLER: Yes. Does it bother you that the death is so slow? Maybe Dr. Kevorkian-style would be a faster, more peaceful way? SCHIAVO: Removing somebody's feeding is very painless. It is a very easy way to die. Probably the second better way to die, being the first being an aneurysm. And it doesn't bother me at all. I've seen it happen. I had to do it with my own parents.

Apology in order?

[GaltMeister]

The link for the full LK transcript where MS admitted killing both his parents the same way he is killing Terri is in post #46.

Seems like Mikey has a history of killing things that get in his way, even Terri's cats.

[workerbee]

Removing somebody's feeding is very painless. It is a very easy way to die.

While I loathe giving this POS any credit, I will say that there's a possibility that his mother did, in fact, die "peacefully" after her feeding tube was removed, but the reason being that she had cancer, not because she starved. Again, to equate what's being done to Terri --- a healthy, functioning body -- to terminal, end-of-life care is intellectually dishonest and grossly misleading.

If it's so painless to starve to death, how come terminal cancer patients are ever given a feeding tube at all?

If it's so painless to be hungry, how come my 7 mo. old starts to cry when wants a bottle? How come my two older girls start whining "what's for supper?" about 4:30 in the afternoon? I guess they haven't heard: hunger = euphoria.

[gruffwolf]

Does not make him a killer.

Unless you consider every other person who's made the same decision a killer also.