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It's part of a selfish attitude. People don't want to suffer even the most minor of inconviences. The mere sight of Terri causes us pain, our initial reaction is to remove that pain. Thus, the reaction "If I were in that situation, I'd want someone to pull the plug." It's wishing she would go away so we don't have to see her and be pained anymore.

That underlying compassion that makes one look in the first place is the souls' knowledge of right from wrong.

I'm sure many of us here have encountered people the last few days whose initial reaction was to wish her death. Some looked long enough to see what is really happening. Sadly, others haven't opened their eyes. Worse still, some know what is happening and wish for it.

Despite the lack of care, despite a husband (in legal standing only) who has worked tirelessly to have her put to death, despite all odds against her, she has lived. She is not on life-support. But, if she is considered to be, then we all are, because it's nothing but food and water.

Evil forces want us to think that because of her condition, that it would be better for her to expire. It paves the road for the abuse of those who need protection the most. It reduces one to that of less-than-human. She is no less human than you or I, and deserves no less treatment. If we cannot starve another person to death without dire consequences from our laws here on earth, how can the same state that would prosecute us, do this to another human being?

It cannot. That is why the courts have had to overlook the rights of humans and determine that Terri's mental condition is grounds for her to be considered property of Michael Schiavo.

The state is wrong. It is breaking its own laws.