[Lunatic Fringe]

There was nothing left of her brain to rewire.

Careful, my FRiend. There are adamant FReepers around who believe the Schiavo was living a happy life.

[the invisib1e hand]

There are adamant FReepers around who believe the Schiavo was living a happy life.

So, I guess it's right that the state enforced a starvation order on her, since she probably wasn't happy, right?

[dakine]

...gotta read the responses...for entertainment purposes only..

[torchthemummy]

"Careful, my FRiend. There are adamant FReepers around who believe the Schiavo was living a happy life."

Boy how STUPID of us Freepers that supported Terri.

After an accident with an unresolved cause her husband gets her treatment, sues due to claims of malpractice, win a large sum calculated by her husbands claim to take care of her for the rest of her life, after settlement reneges, says she wanted to die under such circumstances, gets pro-death attorney, pro-death judge and she is starved to death by the withholding of food and water and a couple days before she dies, after countless stories of how painless such a complete starvation really is (by the same people that claim a death row inmate that feels pains for a few monents constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment"), the husband's attorney states that "Terri never looked so beautiful.

Please. You goal was achieved - Terri's dead, Michael's alive and you obviously don't give a damn. No one said she was necessarily happy but she showed clear signs of recognition in those videos from a room she was not allowed to leave or have the curtains open. She was worthy of life before the dollars rolled in and then betrayed by her husband and a multitude of others. If their was a living will this would have all been a different story but since there wasn't siding towards life, especially under the murky circumstances, was the right avenue.

PS: Got your living will yet?

[avg_freeper]

"the" ?????

[skr]

Name me one person who thought Terry was living a happy life. I never read anyone's post stating such. But I've read plenty who seem to think she didn't have a right to her life, as difficult as it was. A person's will to live has to be extremely strong to go through what she went through for all those years. When she was unable to speak for herself, she deserved the best care until she passed due to natural causes that weren't expedited by an adulterous husband and a lawyer bent on making his mark in legal and legislative history.

[Old Professer]

The article is written in such a way as to fend off criticism being renewed of the heinous, murderous act perpetrated on Schiavo; we are moving from a duty to protect life to a duty to perform so as to deserve life if the current trend continues.

A society is only as kind as its treatment of its less valuable members demonstrates.