[Modernman]

This assertion just flat out scares me. I've seen it proposed on other threads, and found it disturbing. To find it here, again, is MOST alarming. The implications are chilling, it is destructive and provides cover for opportunistic evil acts.

The important question, in my mind, is when is brain damage so extensive that all that remains is an unthinking husk?

In TS's case, the line was crossed. After her injuries some 15 years ago, all that was left was a physical shell governed by very basic autonomic brain functions. Some posters have accused me of labelling TS as "sub-human." That is not accurate. IMO, TS was already dead and the "human" part of her had departed her physical shell over a decade ago.

[Jrabbit]

I wonder how many imperfect people are thankful that you don't get to decide who is human enough to live.

Unthinking husk? That you find it necessary to describe Terri as such to prove your point says a lot.