Actually, the behavior of the people who are trying to kill Terri would make no sense if everything were really on the up-and-up and she were PVS as claimed, but it would make a lot of sense if those trying to kill her were lying about her condition.
If Michael, Felos, and Greer had wanted to reduce by 90% the level of protests in this case, they could have done so very easily. Simply have Greer order that the parents should be allowed to make such efforts as they see fit to feed Terri by mouth when the feeding tube is removed. If the facts truly support dehydrating Terri, nobody would be harmed by such a gesture, and such a gesture would clearly benefit the legitimate interests of Michael, Felos, and Greer.
Of course, such a gesture would run the risk of having the parents succeed in feeding/hydrating Terri. Although the only way such an attempt could succeed would be if starvation/dehydration was never legal in the first place, Michael, Felos, and Greer would nonetheless perceive it as a major defeat. Thus, they can't risk it.
If you think I'm just a 'conspiracy theorist', perhaps you can offer some legitimate motive for the prohibition against oral feeding/hydration. Even if it only had a 1% chance of success, I see no legitimate reason to deny Terri that 1% chance. Perhaps you can enlighten me?
"If you think I'm just a 'conspiracy theorist', perhaps you can offer some legitimate motive for the prohibition against oral feeding/hydration."
How about because her doctors (experts) didn't think it was a worthwhile endeavor and because it didn't even have a 1% chance of working. The judge is not in the position to just let people experiment on a person if they aren't doctors.
"If you think I'm just a 'conspiracy theorist', perhaps you can offer some legitimate motive for the prohibition against oral feeding/hydration."
How about because her doctors (experts) didn't think it was a worthwhile endeavor and because it didn't even have a 1% chance of working. The judge is not in the position to just let people experiment on a person if they aren't doctors.
No one has anything to gain from the death of the body of Terri Schiavo.