1. She is not hopelessly on the way to death...the proximate cause of death will be starvation and dehydration.
2. I have strong doubts about the gentleness of an unremitting week or so of a dry cracked mouth in someone who has not flatlined.
What is wrong with you.
I'm NOT DISAGREEING with you.
The definition of euthanasia includes a person who is NOT terminally ill. The definition of euthanasia includes "injured individuals."
Terri Schiavo is not on life support. Therefore, removing the feeding tube INITIATES the dying process, just as it would initiate the dying process for ANY PERSON who is not capable of feeding himself. This is euthanasia AND it is murder.