[robertpaulsen]

"I certainly would not someone else to decide whether I ought to live or die."

Just as Terri didn't want someone else to decide that she should live when she wanted to die.

If you want to live brain damaged by artificial means (and have the money to do so), be my guest.

But if I don't want to live that way, butt out.

That's all I'm sayin'.

[goldstategop]

There's no evidence she wanted to die. No evidence was put forward by any one to the effect Terri wanted to be killed if she was "brain-damaged." All we have is her husband's word for it that it was her wish. Terri never expressed any view on the matter. It was wrong to take her life and I disagree strongly with the notion the value of a human life should be dependent on financial considerations.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[TAdams8591]

"If you want to live brain damaged by artificial means (and have the money to do so), be my guest.

But if I don't want to live that way, butt out."

The above, for you, is the crux of the issue, and the motivation for the emotional, irrational stand regarding Terri's case you chose to take, despite the facts.

In otherwords, Terri's case was all about YOU!

[ClancyJ]

If you don't want to live that way - all you have to do is write a Living Will spelling it out. Terri did not have that and there was a 50% chance she did not want to die. And, we should always err on the side of life rather than the side of death.

And, dear friend, money is not the determining factor of life. Sure people will die if they do not get to the hospital, do not buy the drugs. But money must never be part of the criteria whereby a decision is made to terminate a life. (Even though I feel it is wrong to make a decision to terminate a non-dying life)

If money is the determining factor - get rid of all charity hospitals, all medicare, all medicaid. And, if you are a libertarian that will be exactly what you wish.