Yes, those TERRIBLE people who follow the law, as written.
ITMT, this is great news -- it certainly has hope for people in the future and we should be upbeat.
If Schaivo taught us anything it is to make our wishes known in writing. Maybe people will specify to hang on if they think a vegetative state is recoverable.
"It was just my orders sir" is no excuse.
Oh, the law, as written, allows an unfit person to serve as a guardian? The intent of the law, as written, is to use a half-remembered, decade old conversation as a substitute for a living will? The law as written now defines food and water as medical care?
Even if they were following "the law as written" (HA!) they were just doing the same thing that Northerners did when they followed the Fugitive Slave Law and sent escapees back down the river. They're only doing the same thing that an abortionist does when he follows the law as written and rips a small child limb from limb before throwin it in the trash. Keep on cheering for it and pretending you're a moral human being.