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To: T'wit
You just made my point. There is a big difference between denying food and water to a dog and force-feeding a human against her will.

Last year, my neighbor's old Australian shepherd dog refused to eat and drink.

Instead of force-feeding his dog, he took the dog to the vet. The vet euthanized the dog. The vet speeded up the dying process.

If the vet had not euthanized it, the dog would have died just like Terri.

86 posted on 04/20/2006 5:14:32 PM PDT by daivid
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To: daivid
>> You just made my point.

If your point had been worth making, I'd have considered it.

>> There is a big difference between denying food and water to a dog and force-feeding a human against her will.

Whatever are you talking about, "force-feeding"? Terri received nourishment and liquids for fifteen years through an ordinary g-tube. The decision was made in 1990 by her doctors and by Michael Schiavo. At no point did Terri refuse it. On your own characterization of her condition, she was incapable of refusing it.

111 posted on 04/20/2006 8:12:53 PM PDT by T'wit (Our top bioethicists: 5) Cranford 4) Rachel Carson 3) Ted Bundy 2) Margaret Sanger 1) Eric Pianka.)
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