LOL. She commented on my preference, to be left out in the elements instead of being starved to death. I predict the answer will be that lethal injection or bullet to the head is answered by ...
"but your point that freezing to death would be a better way to go is not something that is within the power of doctors to effectuate for patients whether they are terminal patients or patients being kept otherwise alive by tubes."
Which was a pretty lame response since most of these facilities have things called "walk in freezers".
I find it interesting that (and forgive me for touching on a personal subject, but it was brought up) one could have so much conviction on this point but have not put this coinviction into action with a family member. What, one fears the reprisals of the state?!?! It's "family" for goodness sake, if one really believed that what was good for the goose is good for the gander, they would have snuck in there and introduced an air embolism, some KCl, etc to hasten this end (unless the person having those convictions were underage, in which case they shouldn't be involved with it at all).
It's like all the folks I've talked to who support abortion but "would NEVER have one themselves". They would actively assist in jeapardizing the soul of another, and for some reason think they wouldn't get called on this when that big day comes. It's kind of funny when you think of it.
It's like metaphysical NIMBY to these folks. Or they believe God is really actually a dumb God in a Barney Fife goodness sort of way and sneaky little semantic obfuscations will just slide right by him. Boy, are they in for a potential surprise...