[yellowdoghunter]

You know, I hear people talk about going through similiar things with their wife, father, etc....but none of them say that they starved them to death for weeks. I wonder if they did and that is what they are implying but don't want to come right out and say it? Why not, if it is such a dignified way to die?

[joesbucks]

Death in our culture is something we find difficult to deal with. Even a "painless and dignified" death is difficult to discuss. And while you use the word starvation, what of removing someone from a resprirator. Will you use the term asphyxiation or suffocation?

You must remember, before there was tube feeding and artificial respiration, which was not all that long ago, the people in Terri's condition basically starved to death. And those on ventilators suffocated. I've always wondered why some are spared suffocation and starvation while others after medical break through are allowed to exist. Although, it's not a pleasant existance.

I've heard from many in the pro-life movement that we treat dogs better. Well in fact we do. We take a dog in Terri's state and put it down. But we as humans would rather they starve or suffocate.