[Servant of the 9]

But, given the vehemence with which he has been fighting to prolong Terri's life, it is a little surprising to learn that Robert decided to turn off the life-support system for his mother. She was 79 at the time, and had been ill with pneumonia for a week, when her kidneys gave out. "I can remember like yesterday the doctors said she had a good life. I asked, 'If you put her on a ventilator does she have a chance of surviving, of coming out of this thing?'" Robert says. "I was very angry with God because I didn't want to make those decisions."

How typically hypocritical.

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[Calvinist_and_Hobbs]

so Mr. Schindler is a hypocrite...as is Tom DeLay. That doesn't make killing Terri any more or less legitimate. Its a simple black and white issue. Either you are on the side of life or you are on the side of death. There is no gray middle ground.

[mcg1969]

How typically hypocritical

Hardly. There is a big difference between a feeding tube and a respirator. There isn't a single healthy person on this planet who requires help to breathe. But all of us at one point have required help to eat, even though we were 100% healthy.

Or to put it in a more technical frame, respiration is autonomic, feeding is not. (Digestion is---feeding is not).

So it's actually quite reasonable and straightforward to distinguish between his mother's and his daughter's cases.

[ValerieUSA]

His mother was DYING, his daughter was not.