As none of you addressed the point - I take it none of you can be counted on to defend the country as that usually means innocent people die somewhere.
All of you make the point that Terri is pleading for her life. She's not. To say she is to make a leap in logic and fact to suit your argument. Come on. This has been going on for years. Why is it that she's had nothing to utter about the matter but all of a sudden the family claims "oh yes, she said x, she said y." They'll say anything, that's why.
If you all were to be taken for your word I suspect a living will wouldn't really matter either because that would be suicide, wouldn't it? Assisted suicide is off limits too in your worldview so no one could pull a plug without you damning them to hell.
And, since all of you seem to think my reference to costs makes me a Nazi (how conveniently and easily you slip into the insunuation that conservatives are Nazis, gee, where have I heard that before?) . . . you miss one convenient fact. This woman's lawful husband is making the call. In this case that creates problems because of the dispute within her family. I go back to the point of putting it down in writing. She didn't.
Is Michael's decision within the realm of a reasonable and compassionate response to the situation? Absolutely.
They say you can tell a man by the company he keeps. Well, you guys have the kook from Kansas and Jesse Jackson leading your circus over poor Terri's body. That should tell you something. The biggest grandstanders our country has to offer are leading you over the cliff of reason.
I don't think you meant to include me in your response, because nothing of what you said addresses anything I said.
Reading your post, it sounds like you are making generalizations (you all make the point, you all think, damning to hell, etc) It also sounds like you are repeating what the talking heads are saying - this has been going on for years - so does that make it right? Or its compassionate - how?
You might think I would never want to live that way or most people would not want to, but do you really know? Did Christopher Reeve want to live that way- probably not, but he still wanted to live - its called being human - we want to live - its in our nature. People that want to die are people who are suffering physically or mentally. Terry is not.
And like I said, when the government (court) steps in and uses hearsay as a fact, and then decides on the side of death, we are in trouble.