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Actually it is not irrelevant. The reason this is true is because in most states there is a law stating that a person with PVS is considered terminal and therefore an ideal candidate for being dehydrated to death.

I believe you have misunderstood me. It is irrelevant to this thread IMHO, simply because of the comparisons to the Nazis. I was not calling into question the legitimacy of the diagnosis either way. I do believe that more visibility and study are required as there have certainly been cases where full or partial recovery of these kinds of maladies have been effected. But even so, a person may not wish to go through it all. In any case, those who, on this forum, have thrown up red herrings such as comparisons to Hitler and Jesus Christ are doing more damage than good to the causes they espouse.

Again, I do not question your references at all. They appear well founded.

It should be clarified that it is not Hitler we are seeing again but very much a likeness to the situation in which Hitler thrived. A culture which exhalted social darwinism and utilitarianism is becoming ever more present in this country.

It is a healthy response to find this to be frightening and alien.

It is my fervent hope that this country will not descend to the levels which Germany did. Attachment studies of Germans have shown they place a far greater emphasis on autonomy and have much higher rates of insecure attachments with their children than Americans and those of other cultures. I have long believed this was the reason they were able to enthusiastically support the euthanasia of their own children.