[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

The Pope is now on a feed tube and unable to speak or swallow foods......so by their standards, he should be starved to death too. According to their standards, he is now "sub-human"

Quite possibly the dumbest comparison I've seen all day. Next, of course, to the multiple FReepers comparing Terri to Jesus. Maybe when the pope has suffered severe brain damage, (which he hasn't) is unable to communicate, (which he can) has been racked out in a hospital bed for 15 YEARS (instead of 15 hours) you can make a similar comparison. Also, no one has claimed that Terri is "sub-human." Terri's husband argued successfully that she would not want to live this way....not that she is "sub-human."

[jpsb]

take a wack at 89.

[TexasTaysor]

15 years, not 15 hours Terri's husband argued successfully that she would not want to live this way....not that she is "sub-human."

Oh, the length of time in some state is what makes the different? I didn't say her "husband" said she was sub-human