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There are people here who know the family of Terri personally...
I don't know if you have reviewed the facts. Here are a few:
Said 'husband' is living with another woman and has two illegitimate children with her.
He never remembered that 'she wouldn't want to live that way' until after he had a huge settlement in his favor, which he vowed at trial would be used for her rehabilitation.
A feeding tube is not extraordinary means of keeping a person alive.
I find it a little strange that you have signed up today to post this...
fair enough...
i had heard stuff about the settlement, but to be honest, with a case that has been so politicized, i don't know who to believe. If you are in fact correct about this settlement issue, then i am wrong.
I was making a point that people are often too quick to take sides in situations which they don;t know much about based on their general ideologies, without completely understanding all of the issues. Maybe this is not one of those cases..
If we start killing everyone who has a feeding tube, a good many people will die just as needlessly as Terri. One of my dear uncles lived with one for years, and continued to live an otherwise good life until a fall finally ended it.
It's utterly disgusting that some people seem to anxious to end a life simply because someone has a feeding tube. It would be no different than killing someone because they wear glasses. Both help or even fix a disability.