[nickcarraway]

Blockbuster article by Diane Alden about Terri Schiavo AND the big picture. Long, but a must read.

[ForOurFuture]

Bump.

[independentmind]

Not taking fluids appears to actually reduce a person's discomfort, bloating, nausea, lung secretions, urinary frequency and pain, and is a good idea at the end of life in any case.

I think that someone needs to describe exactly what happens to a person who starves to death. When my father was dying, doctors told my family that it's one of the worse possible deaths and is extremely painful.

There are also many different levels of unconsciousness in those who experience brain damage. Doctors simply DO NOT KNOW the extent to which such patients actually experience pain. And anyone who says they do is LYING.

[SpookBrat]

I am leaving my house now, so I will try to get back to read this post later tonight. I wanted to post my 12 year old daughter's comments.

She wanted me to turn the news off on Wednesday and I told her, "NO. I will not. Something big is taking place right now and we need to know about it". I explained to her the situation and her question was, "Isn't that murder?".

Now she has just asked me why criminals get to die painlessly.

Kids get it. The adults in this world are so evil and sick sometimes. This is all very upsetting.

[Lucy Lake]

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