Hey, it's much better to enact laws based on an emotional response. That way, whenever we feel like it, we can change the way things work.
And if it doesn't work in our favor, we can have a riot.
(at least that seems to be what I am hearing here)
While Terri's plight is tragic and sad, she will soon be at peace. Like it or not, she will be better off in Heaven than here on earth in her current state.
The commandment to feed the hungry and give drink to the thirsty is 2000 years old.
Do you mean her current state of starvation or just her incurable condition generally?
"Reichsleader Bouhler and Dr. Brandt M.D. are charged with the responsibility of enlarging the authority of certain physicians to be designated by name in such a manner that persons who according to human judgement can upon most careful diagnosis of their condition of sickness be accorded a mercy death.
Signed - A. Hitler".
From the form letter sent to relatives of the victims:
"In view of the nature of his serious, incurable ailment, his death, which saved him from a life long institutional sojourn, is to be regarded merely as a release."
Cordially,