You make a point that's been on my mind for days. I've seen a lot of posts on FR from people saying, "I wouldn't want to live like Terri Schiavo! Let her die fergawdsakes!" While I believe each of us has an absolute right to determine our own end of life wishes, I've wondered about this. How many of these same people would say of a quadraplegic, "I wouldn't want to live like that! If that happens to me, someone just shoot me please!" I think we'd find a lot of crossover between the two. If we're to let Terri die because we wouldn't want to live like her, how far are we from saying we should let a quadraplegic die because we wouldn't want to live that way?
Just to provoke thought: If I lost my job today, do you think I have the absolute rigth to jump off the roof of my office building?