Goodness, Robert, that statement could be translated into many different scenarios. What about people that are severely mentally retarded, but they are not living on any machines? They can eat and breathe on their own. However, they are still taking up "valuable space" and causing "untold grief" and costing lots of money. They cannot provide for themselves and will need care forever. Should we put them out of their misery too? What about Alzheimer's patients, schizophrenics, paraplegics, etc.? These people take up lots of space and cost a lot and cause much grief as well. Let's just get rid of them all, right Robert?
Now, when you mention the "severely mentally retarded" or some such, you're starting to get into the euthanasia argument, something I've been trying to avoid. The Terri Schiavo case was not about euthanasia.
That's a subject for another thread and another day.