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"The CAT scan shows massive atrophy of the brain. It shows there's been significant shrinkage of the entire brain. What Terri Schiavo manifests is a classic vegetative state.

Not according to all the wannabe Doctors here on FreeRepublic who know otherwise...the reality is that we conservatives are torturing poor Terri. We have made her the poster child for the "Right to Life" movement but the debate is now a circus. After 13 years of hell on earth we will now extend that period.

In our zeal to save Terri, we quibble and snort over the exact terms of "coma" or "vegetative" and because medical science isn't exact we then beat up anyone who doesn't use the term they way we want it used. ~sigh. Vegetative or near vegetative is the same thing to Terri. Like modern day Pharisees we wrap ourselves in the cloak of righteousness, but it’s Terri who suffers. Do we ever consider if Terri does want to die?

May God bless Terri, and may HE forgive the conservatives who won't let her wishes be carried out.

The only reason she's been "suffering" is that Schiavo wouldn't allow her to receive decent care. Unless you believe that simply being mentally handicapped is "suffering," and that every person in that condition would prefer to be dead ...

Either she has consciousness and is aware of her surroundings, in which case she would appreciate and be comforted by love and humane care ... or she has no consciousness, in which case she's not suffering now, and hasn't been all along.

It's not impossible that she could communicate, not to mention swallow food on her own, if given the opportunity that has been denied her. Maybe she would say she wanted to die; you're right, we don't know. Michael Schiavo and his lawyer are simply not believable information sources.

Do we ever consider if Terri does want to die?

Have you watched this video of Terri opening her eyes wide at a doctor's command?

Stay with the video to the end (about 30 seconds), and then tell me if you don't see a tremendous will to live.