[robertpaulsen]

"I hope you wouldn't call my spouse mean for making that same call as Mr. Schiavo. It's what I would want her to do."

She has no right to do that! YOU have no right to do that!

You must be kept alive at all costs -- even if it drives your spouse into bankruptcy. Your spouse must suffer the financial and emotional burden of caring for your hopelessly brain damaged body, despite your wishes to the contrary.

Besides, we all know that she's after your money and we must look to your best interests to make sure that only the hospital and the lawyers get that money (by filing lawsuits insisting on repetitive and costly MRI and PET scans, separate reviews by 15 doctors, useless therapy, and the like).

And here you thought you had a right to privacy.

[MEGoody]

YOU have no right to do that!

Cute. Over the top sarcasm seems to be a way of life on FR.

In the Schiavo case, there was no proof Terri wanted this. It was all hearsay. Testimony given was conflicting. Seems to me the correct thing in that case is to err on the side of life.

Perhaps you prefer erring on the side of death.