"A feeding tube is not a machine." A simple statement that has been ignored.
The judge ruled that, based on medical testimony and testimony from Terri's husband, his brother, and Terri's best friend, Terri would want the feeding tube removed.
End of story. Nothing about machines, or brain dead, or feeding tubes, or "death by starvation".
Just that she wouldn't want to continue to live that way. That was Terri's wish. We should honor it.