Not to sound callous but if that were me lying in that bed unable to speak, move, eat on my own, take care of other bodily functions on my own; I’d want to check out.
I don’t have a problem with him being allowed to die; he probably cried in relief. I have a problem with them starving him to death slowly.
The humane thing to do is at least what we do for death row prisoners. Make it quick and as pain free as possible. Heck; we do it for wounded animals and pets who’ve lost quality of life. It should be something we can do for loved ones. Who knows a person better than those closest to them. I personally don’t know anyone who would want to live in that condition.
I ask you; would you want to live like that with no quality of life?
No one would want to be dependent on others, but what if God wanted you to learn a lesson of humility from disability? Yes, I know: nobody in the USA says such things, but here in Asia (or my patients in Africa, or my American Indian patients) understood that disability was a path that their Creator wanted them to travel.
I think the “Christian” version of this is “take up your cross and follow me”. But of course, few “Christians” in the US would hear such a sermon nowadays. The only one I heard remind his listeners that all religions agreed with Buddha that life is suffering, was Jordan Peterson. Imagine that: an agnostic teaching the lessons that rich pastors don't want to teach.
No one else can define quality of life for this guy or anyone else. That they think they can is the problem.
“I ask you; would you want to live like that with no quality of life?”
The Lord gave me this life, He will take it. It is in Him I trust.
This cannot be compared to execution. Execution happens to a guilty person. Pets? Animals are given to us for care/use/companionship. They are not people. Ending a human life, that has no guilt is wrong.