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Let the "experts" go starve themselves, already, if they're so into death. No respect for people who just want OTHER people to die.

Quite frankly, if I was in Terri's state, I wouldn't want to be kept alive, and I've said so in my Health Care Proxy and Living Will. We have a cultural fear of death that is so strong that we have people who are terminally ill and either suffering or total unable to respond to or interact with the outside world, and were keep them alive for a few days, weeks or years just so their heart keeps beating. We don't do it for them. Don't kid yourself, we do it for the living, for their families who don't want to realize that their loved ones are already gone. Starving her to death would be terrible for everyone involved, and they should have been able to overdose her on morphine or some other drug.

I also want to say that the Florida Legislature was just plain wrong in giving Gov. Bush the power to review this case. It's terrible public policy to legislate for one special case. Special cases are for the courts. If we can change the law in a day, on a whim, then we don't have rule of law. Rule of law made America great and it was the backbone of everyone of our freedoms. We try and establish rule of law in other countries, because it's vital for economic growth and personal liberty. More and more, we've moved away from the rule of law, and it's dangerous. You can't have a society where the rules that you live by can change any day, and can change retroactively.

" No respect for people who just want OTHER people to die."

Yes, isn't it interesting how it is always someone else who has this purported "right to die."