XPost: alt.activism, alt.activism.children, alt.activism.death-penalty   
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   From: ivbecs@netscape.net   
      
   In article , alpertl@xxgmail.com   
   says...   
   >   
   >XDCC wrote:   
   >> In article , alpertl@xxgmail.com   
   >> says...   
   >>>   
   >>> Shadowhawk wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> The problem is, she effectively died 15 years ago, at least in a   
   >>> mental sense.  The rest of her body just caught up with the rest of   
   >>> her.   
   >>>   
   >> It is so good to have some make a post that actually had the chance   
   >> to visit   
   >> Terri. I was not able to actually see for myself, so I sided with   
   >> life on the chance that there was something there. That way if I was   
   >> wrong and there was nothing there, like you stated, then it would not   
   >> matter because mentally, she was dead. Then it would be an error on   
   >> the side of life. I would hate to think that she was deprived of   
   >> water, either through a feeding tube or orally for almost 2 weeks   
   >> with a sense of that was happening. Imagine the torture and   
   >> suffering, and not being able to do anything about it. Especially   
   >> when a faucet was probably only 8 feet away.   
   >   
   >She has been examined by many physicians that are much more equipped to   
   make   
   >this determination then you or I could with any amount of personal visits.   
   >   
   >   
      
   There were some physicians that were in disagreement with those that said   
   she was unresponsive. If that was the case, why would you want to make her   
   die from dehydration. If she was not a "vegetable", it was a terrible way to   
   go. If   
   she was, then it would not have mattered if she was allow to live. She was not   
   terminally ill. Everything but the brain was in full function. It just became   
   easier to   
   get rid of those that no one wants. How many old people that have no family to   
   take care of them are at risk. An overdose of morphine is much cheaper than 6   
   months of indigent care.   
      
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