No one thought she could survive on oral water, that's silly. It was a desperate desire that was irrational and emotional, and just a small stone that would have started an avalanche to fight the whole legal case again there in the hospital room.
I'm sorry you can't see that. It's obvious to me.
Actually, some thought she could, like her family. But if she couldn't then it wouldn't have made a bit of difference whether she got it -- not to her or to Michael since he would have kept the promise he claimed to have made.
If it were just an exercise in futility why not let it happen? Would you have preferred the press conferences? But against all reason, Mrs. Schindler was kept by force from giving her daughter water or wetting her lips.
I'm sorry you can't see that.
I cannot buy your claim the water that the water was kept from Terri to avoid a circus. The only reasons that make sense are premediated cruelty or a fear she would be kept alive.