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So is Terri Schiavo still alive? The odds are way against it. It's time that her long-suffering parents and the grandstanding politicians let her go in peace.

OK, well, let's assume this writer is correct, and Terri really isn't "there."

In which case, "letting her go in peace" doesn't have a lot of meaning either.

In other words, no harm is done by continuing to feed her, except the continued expense of her upkeep. Schiavo was given the money for that. Granted, he's probably blown it all by now, but I'd be willing to bet the funds for Terri's upkeep could be found somewhere.

If she isn't there, then she doesn't give a damn whether her body is maintained or not, so there's no harm in maintaining it, whereas there could be great harm in failing to maintain it: the murder of a human being. In this case, it's... money on one side... versus... the (arguable) life of a human being on the other side.

Undoubtedly I don't know all about the case, but from what I at least think I know, it seems clear to me where Mr. Schiavo's priorities lie.

Let's assume that we can get other people to see your quite rational analysis here; if just one rich-enough person would offer Michael Schiavo $1,000,000 to relinquish custody to the parents of Terri would this whole problem go away or would it be then shown for the miserable act we believe it to be?

You are soooooo right. From what I've seen, she appears to be in no pain, but her poor parents are. If she's in no pain and not aware of any even if she is, what's the harm in giving her parents who love her the comfort of their precious daughter. The harm as I see it is the cost to medicare since MS has already blown all the money. This should make all old people tremble.