Destro, I am ashamed to see one of my fellow Orthodox siding with the death merchants.
The other poster (I forget his name) was right to rebuke you for sophistry.
Your defense of Greer's order is based on two claims
1. Terri was in a PVS.
2. Florida law contains a definition of PVS which includes inability to swallow.
The problem is, that Terri could swallow as evidenced by the fact that she did not need to have her saliva aspirated.
If indeed Florida law contains such a definition of PVS, then Judge Greer's order provably violated Florida law, and your argument simply localizes its illegality in the misapplication of the Florida legal definition of PVS to Terri.
And by what stretch of moral or legal sensibilities can any Christian argue for a court order which forbids a mother from giving her dying daughter a sip of water. "In as much as ye did it not to the least of these. . ."
Fear the Righteous Judge on the throne of glory more then the unrighteous ones we have in this country, and get your moral sensibilities straightened out.
"Swallowing" of saliva is not the same as swallowing water. The throat has an automatic reflex that allows it to swallow small liquid or we would all choke in our sleep. But swallowing water is not the same thing as swallowing saliva.
Also, the Orthodox ecumenical councils have not made a judgement as to when a body is considered terminal or not. Individual Orthodox scholars have put forth their opinions but they are just that - opinions. Till then what I described as a PVS being terminal is the prevailing medical and legal view.