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"Well? Several of us have asked you to explain how it is that if she's PVS and therefore not suffering, it's torture to keep her alive. Having a problem reconciling the contradiction, are you?"

Any more than any of you from the god squad can explain how it is good that she remains an end table, but bad that she be allowed to die.You offer no evidence that she isn't suffering, only the stupid argument that it is "what god wants"and "where there is life, there is hope" and endless streams of anecdotes and catch-phrases like that.

Your own contradiction is glaring to say the least.

Once again your lack of comprehension does not disappoint.

My position contradicts nothing but yours. Kindly tell me how it's self-contradictory, which is what I guess you meant when you wrote, "Your own contradiction is glaring to say the least."

I believe that God is in charge. I further believe that even if He isn't, Terri left nothing in writing - all we have is the highly suspect word of her husband that her wish is to die.

So tell us how she can be suffering now, while being nourished, but how she won't suffer once she starts starving.

I shall await your reply anxiously.

Today you are the statue.

Okay. A different tact. Over and over those who believe in abortion keep citing it is a "woman's right to choose...." So, I'll make this really simple.

Terri's own mother is CHOOSING life for her daughter. Oh, and her father agrees, and they both want the chance to try therapy, to really have a chance to SEE if their daughter can make progress. Only time will tell, and as long as she has nourishment, she may have that time.

This has been denied for 13 years.

When her "husband" decided it was a loving act to "let her go".... he displayed his true feelings...yet again... How? He denied her the loving act of allowing her the last rites of her church. He would not allow the morsel of a wet wafer to pass her lips. He then said she will be immediately cremated....this is also frowned upon by her church and most assuredly would be against her wishes. Such "loving" acts.

The only contradiction which exists is you accusing the "god squad to explain how it is good she remains an end table, but bad that she be allowed to die." Why?

Because God's will is NOT a contradiction. The parents of this woman want their "end table" (there's a thoughtful, compassionate description of a human being) to have the benefit of an opportunity to make progress...even after 13 years. They want her to receive nourishment and water.... Jesus teaches us that when we give one who thirsts a drink, we are doing this for Him.

As for it being bad that she "be allowed to die". It is YOU who has a contradiction. We ALL die. God will take her when He's ready....It is not up to her "husband," his lawyer or even you. It is her right to receive nourishment and loving, COMPETENT care until she is actually in need of extraordinary measures, such as a ventilator because she can't breathe on her own. The fact that she is given nutrition is not extraordinary, there are people who are ambulatory and alert that receive food and water in this manner.

YOU offer no evidence that she IS suffering. I see a woman who may not be living in the way most of us would choose, but a woman who loves the family around her, and loves (and clings) to life. If she was suffering, she would let go.

It is incomprehensible to me that so many posters on this board are willing to endorse and support the execution of Terri without ever once insisting that the judge at least try every option available to see if she can eat on her own, or make progress with methods that have progressed thirteen years since this incident took place. By the way, if Dr. Michael Baden says a potassium imbalance is so rare as to be out of the question, I defer to his expertise.

Just because you have your own experiences, beliefs, wishes, etc. does not mean that you should foist them upon another living soul. Her "husband" says she "told" him her preference. Her closest friends (thats PLURAL) say she was adamant that "where there was life there is hope...." That was HER "catch-phrase" in regard to Karen Anne Quinlan.

If you are in a group that will "save the whales" (no matter how hard they have tried to commit suicide by beaching themselves), wants to do away with the death sentence (cruel and inhuman punishment for a person who has taken the life of a child or an adult in grisly, tortuous fashion), AND believes that it is the "woman's right to choose," even if an innocent, viable, beautiful baby must be sacrificed, then YOU are the ones with the constant contradictions. No wonder you can't marvel at the miracle which is life.

Instead of an end table, if you will at least put Terri on the level of a dehydrating mammal who needs assistance, maybe you can get the point.