When the time comes for me to go I pray that I do so that I do not become a burden on my family or society. There'll be no selfish theatrics from my family on that account.
No quite the contrary I am against the unnecessary prolonging of a death. When people have no chance to recover they should not be force fed. This is in no way trying to eliminate ALL suffering merely unnecessary suffering.
That was not living. That was hell. What could be worse than being trapped in a useless body with a useless brain?
Terri died years ago even if her body was force fed to preserve a semblence of life.
What makes you think you're not a burden now? I'm sure you're a burden to someone that has to put up with you. And you're dying a little each day, so why prolong it?
That was not living.
And you know this because...you are omniscient? Because her adulterous husband thought so? Because his lawyer who claims to talk to the souls of the comatose said so? Because the doctors who had a pro death agenda testified to this and they are omniscient?
What could be worse than being trapped in a useless body with a useless brain?
Living outside of sanctifying grace, dying in a state of mortal sin, being damned for all eternity. That's just a few off the top of my head. And your argument loses steam here because if her brain and body were as useless as you seem to "know" then I guess she wasn't feeling any pain, nor was she cognizant of her situation, so therefor had no suffering. Seems the only suffering ended here was Michael Shiavo's.
That was hell
Uh, no. Hell is far worse than anything anyone could ever suffer on earth, and it lasts forever.
"Even a life of the most horrible suffering, from heaven, will appear as one night's stay at a bad hotel."
St. Therese
When people have no chance to recover they should not be force fed.
She was not being forced to take nutrition against her will. It was not like she had a terminal disease, like cancer all through her body, which made her too weak to eat or something.. She was brain damaged for crying out loud. She had difficulty swallowing. Nurses who took care of her say they used to give her jello, they used to put juice on a cloth and she would suck the juice from the cloth.