In previous posts, Peach has indicated that she does not think there is any slippery slope here. Personally, I am very afraid for the severely disabled, because once a line has been drawn, it's a trivial matter to move it to put a few more people on the other side of it. Each time, it becomes easier to rationalize away the worth of these lives, until finally, no one even bothers with rationalization any more.
I'm right there with you....this could be Hillary's new healthcare plan...and by the way...Hillary been extraordinarily quiet these days....
"... once a line has been drawn, it's a trivial matter to move it to put a few more people on the other side of it. Each time, it becomes easier to rationalize away the worth of these lives, until finally, no one even bothers with rationalization any more."
Exactly the point I was trying to make. I've read Peach's posts, and asked the question because her view was both contrary to my own, and sincerely and thoughtfully arrived at.
Nonetheless, you'll notice that I didn't get an answer to this particular question -- I suspect because you can't draw a bright line between this case and other severely disabled or retarded people, with one exception: prior to her collapse, the court found that Terri stated that she would not want to "live like this". Given that Florida does not demand a written statement, that is an intolerably flimsy safeguard, at least in the world that I live in.