[goldstategop]

Terri's not in a vegetative condition... and we have only her husband's word for it that his wife wants to die. Its the selfishness of the motive that bothers me. I'd be a lot more comfortable if Terri had left behind independent evidence of her wishes. She didn't. So in the absence of anything from her, we have to err on the side of the belief she wants to live. Nearly all of us do. And there's also this aspect of the courts ignoring her parents' wishes. You would think though those who love their child know them better than any one else, right? But no seems to be listening to them. That's why this entire case is so unseemly.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Randjuke]

So in the absence of anything from her, we have to err on the side of the belief she wants to live.

I'm sorry, but this isn't accurate, at least here in Iowa. In the "absence of anything from her" we have to rely on the judgement of her medical power of attorney.

[zarf]

So in the absence of anything from her, we have to err on the side of the belief she wants to live. Nearly all of us do.

Nonsense. We have to rely on her power of attorney. That's the way it works.

Whatever her husbands motives are-it's irrelevent.