To me the question is a simple one. If the final appeals take place, and the courts decide that Terri's life can be ended, would Michael Schiavo be prohibited from walking into her room with a machete and chopping her head off to end her life quickly? The answer is likely a definitive yes. That being the case, why on earth should the life of a breathing human being be allowed to be ended in a very cruel fashion over the course of several days? Will those who desire to see her life ended be there every day of her final days of life?
If Terri Schiavo were a cruel murderer and was sentenced to the death penalty, our laws would not allow her life to be ended by starvation. How is it that starvation is too cruel for the worst of society, but somehow good enough for a defenseless innocent? A cruel irony indeed.
Your imagery is very vivid, but so true.
I keep comparing it to people who starve horses or other animals. People go to jail for that.
Yet, it's somehow all right to starve and dehydrate Terri. And this is not the first time -- they tried this last year, she hung on for at least a week, unbeliveably.
I think of Terri as being in the same state as a toddler, she's regressed to that. How can anyone think it's just fine to murder someone who is like a little child, who can't take care of herself?