Exactly. Scratch just a little bit below the surface of the pro-killers, and eventually for 2/3 of them it'll come out that the main reason they think it was ok to kill her is some made-up metaphysical gobbledygook such as "her Soul is gone already" that may as well have come from some Shirley MacLaine book.
Needless to say, that sort of consideration isn't exactly solidly based in legalisms and constitutional law, but I guarantee you that it's the type of.. sentiment that contributed to the pro-killing support being as high as it was. Not that I think there's anything wrong with making up one's own metaphysics about "souls" and all that, but using one's private fever-dream to label other people as kill-worthy is a dangerous game. And being lectured by the very same people about the need to adhere to strict legalisms, just takes the cake for me.
I usually really dig Neal Boortz, but him being a libertarian with strong anti-prolife attitudes made him for the killing off of Terri. But he too employed the language of a new-ager, saying her soul was floating around the room waiting to be released to heaven. Then he'd turn around and mock Christians for basing their stand on their personal spiritual beliefs.
Points you're making are unassailable; that isn't to say that whirling dervishes won't kick up some dust though.
Judge Greer issued the sentence, the sentence was carried out and she's dead. President Bush said the strong have a duty to protect the weak. Greer was strong, Terri was weak and he ordered that she receive no food and no water so that she would die.
He's a probate judge, Terri became _____'s property, and he's probably the first probate judge to ever issue an order to not feed or give water to a Citizen of the United States. Having your life taken from you by order of a probate judge. How infamous and base is that?