It would be kinder to use a Zylon gas chamber on her.
I heard Shiavo's attorney, Felos (former board of director of the "hospice" where she's being murdered, by the way), say that the parents, instead of resisting further, would be better served to spend their time in reflection. Talk about insult to injury: A lawyer without a conscience lecturing the parents about reflecting on one's actions.
No. That's euthanazia. This is too, but it's under extreme protest. Their strategy is to outrage the public so badly with the horror of starving their victims that we approve active means to avoid the pain of passive means.
Neither are acceptable. Never.
Zyklon-B
Think "cyclone."