Well, after 1982, Quinlan was alive and off the respirator. What would there be to disagree about actual removal? The point being, Quinlan's parents expcetd Quinlan to die from removal, and that is what bothered Terri. At least that is how I would interpret the comments.
No matter. Greer found that Terri made the comments when Terri was 11. And even if she made them when she was 18, he wouldn't change his finding of fact.
Terri was bothered by the fact that the parents were going to disconnect the respirator. That means the conversation must have occurred prior to 1976.
According to Terri's friend's testimony, Terri was using the present tense, not the past tense. Terri was not commenting about the respirator already being disconnected -- just the fact that the parents were considering it.
Comprende?