Massive stroke victims, who have lost all cognitive ability, are not terminal either, but plugs and tubes are removed, if indeed they are ever inserted, every day of the week.
Otherwise, I thought, for what it's worth, that your last post showed at least a willingness to discuss this matter calmly and without casting stones. Which is how this important matter should be discussed.
Not meaning a lecture at you, but merely a comment in general.
If a massive stroke victim is brain dead..then they are terminal.
Terminally brain dead is not what we were talking about with Terri.
It all seems quite simple to me..no terminal diagnosis..no death.