[Piranha]

I don't think it's dysfunctional to have a court come to a life-saving decision.

[anniegetyourgun]

"The right to decline force-feeding is not absolute because the state has an interest in protecting the sanctity of the lives of its citizens," wrote appellate judge Ken Kato for a unanimous three-judge appellate panel in Spokane.

And, since the judge used the term "citizen" (IOW, not exclusive to the incarcerated citizen), perhaps WA state will also see to it that no Schiavoing is done in WA? Call me dubious....

[ARCADIA]

The guy burns and seriously injures his daughter and we do everything we can to keep him alive despite his clearly expressed wishes. Elsewhere a woman goes into a coma and is starved to death on the flimsiest evidence of a desire to die. Obviously, reason and law are chucked in favor of the political winds. Perhaps, we should transfer this inmate to a hospice where he would be murdered for fun and profits.