[T'wit]

Sometimes you can tell if social services bureaucrats are alive. Say to them, "I am placing a large cash bribe on this side of the bed. On the other side of the bed, I am placing a box of rat droppings. Now open you eyes and try to take the bribe!"

If they reach for the money, they are in a minimally conscious state and working for the government.

[Ohioan from Florida]

My husband just commented that the scenario that the deluded DSS officials saw might have gone something like this:

"Haleigh, if you want to die then squeeze my hand twice." Haleigh doesn't squeeze the hand at all. Not bothering to ask if Haleigh wants to live to squeeze once, the official declares, "Haleigh didn't respond, therefore, she must be PVS and so she must die."

It's about the same as happened to Terri. They can't understand that when Terri said anything when her tube was pulled the last time, that she was no longer PVS. I am still outraged and hurting that we live in such a society. Thank God, I have some of my fellow FReepers to vent with! God forgive us and give us courage to right this wrong!