This is barbarism of the highest order.
How could this happen in "the land of the free and the home of the brave"?
There's not a lot of bravery in starving a sick woman to death.
There is no bravery in it, mate, only depravity and the cold indifference of the tomb.
A very good question.
Michael's personality, combined with his circumstances, has produced a situation where he is either;
doing the proper and respectful thing for a human being whose body can no longer support it's soul,
or he is a a scheming murderer delayed by interference from Terri's parents.
Either way, the SITUATION exists. The PRECEDENT CASE EXISTS. We have had previous precedence cases, and that is why we have guardian DNR's, and patient requested DNR's in use in our system already.
It is an uncomfortable topic, but one we must meet squarely in the face.
Michael is a pawn of Felos, who arranged to take on this to set his precedent. He sees a market in the commodity of death. Sure, we see it as evil, he sees it as another means of capitalism in our society. Of course, so does organized crime.
Blame anyone we want, but the truth is that all of these people are the pawns of God.
The events are there for us to each deal with in the unfolding of our lives, ourself. Spiritually, and mentally. Morally, and legally.
It is about what we think is right as a society, and how we deal with those that break those rules.
God is testing everyone, everyday. There are those that say all is predecided. I tell you it is not. Free will was not a teaser. God provides all. The situation as well. Then, he experiences what we do about it.
The fact that there was even a hint, of a speck, of a particle of suspicion that there was a snake in the woodpile, should have meant that our 'system' would put a halt until the truth was discovered.
Well, Watching Terri die is a very sad, and very disappointing thing. Many Freepers here got personally involved and traveled to Florida. Many spent countless hours researching and absorbing the information, and that was on all sides of the issues, the battles.
Terri may be the sacrificial lamb, because God wants it to hurt in your heart, when we have every reason to believe a human being is being treated worse than an animal, and we let it go on.
Because we have a chance to evaluate just where are we going and how far with this death thing.
Many find it hard to see why Terri should not be allowed to pass into heaven, (and should have done long ago) by letting her die a natural death (dehydration), even though painful and slow.
Why? Because there is a water faucet in her room. Because there was a metal valve on her tummy. Because there was a tube that food and water could go down.
Because it is the least we do for a person, is give them food and water.
We give it to homeless people.
See, many don't remember, but this vegetable issue came up a long time ago.
It wasn't well accepted, and wasn't well known.
Eventually it shifted to nursing homes.
Where we put the old folks to die.
So that market was expanded into various money producing setups (all legal, all above board), and there are some expansions into illegal areas.
I think we are seeing an example of one.
So what do we, as the people, do?
No, a barbarian would at least have the decency to do it quickly. These are liberals following their twisted mind set and convaluted rationalizations that it is all very legal if she dies a slow agonizing death so long and no one actually does the deed.
It is the sick, sick world of the liberals on full display.