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"Suppose you are married, and your husband tells you that he would NOT want to be kept alive on a feeding tube for decades if something happened to him and he was in a PVS state. The worst later happens, and your husband is indeed rendered PVS. After years of hoping, you finally accept the fact the he is not ever going to get any better. Do you honor his wish to not be kept alive? Or do you keep him physically alive for as long as medically possible, despite his clear expression of his wishes?"

Well, he wants to be kept alive if he is ever in Terri's situation which is good since after I asked him what he wanted I told him that I would have kept him alive anyway because I don't believe in assisted suicide or murder.

I've also let my mother in law, parents, etc. know how I feel so that if they want someone to kill them if they are in a non dying state, they'd better ask someone else. Fortunately, they all want to be kept alive unless obviously dying and beyond recovery.

If a person wants to die, let them kill themselves. If they can't kill themselves then too bad. No one has the right to drag my mind and soul down into hell.

If a person specifies that he wants his favorite fishing rod to go to so and so but doesn't put it into writing, does the court go on hearsay in the distribution of property or by the will that's written down and witnessed?

I would say that the court would go with what's written down and that if the person wanted that fishing rod to go to so and so, he should have written it down and had it witnessed.

How can we place less importance on life than property?

And remember, a person's wishes are just that...wishes. I see no problem in honoring wishes if it's feasibly possible and not illegal or immoral.

Later, if there is time, I'll explain more. I've thought about this alot if I am in a difficult medical situation.