[Miss Marple]

If the protesters are causing a disturbance, that is wrong and they should re-think their effectiveness. I have a suspicion that quite a few are there because of the presence of television cameras, much as those people showed up with flowers and teddy bears for JFK, Jr.

That being said, I noticed an interesting comment in this story:

Getz said many people with a family member in a hospice have to make the same excruciating decision that courts have made for Schiavo.

Now, if it is the Same decision, that means that feeding tubes have been removed. Hospices are to ease death, not cause death.

[Aussie Dasher]

If I was in the US, I would most certainly be camped outside the hospice, not because of television cameras but as a physical sign of my solidarity and Christian love for Terri. I hope those who are present are there for that reason.

After what we've seen this past week, what might be going on in some hospices does not bear thinking about.