XPost: alt.activism, alt.activism.children, alt.activism.death-penalty   
   XPost: alt.activism.peacefire, alt.activism.student, alt.activism.youth-rights   
   From: shadowhawk@xxgmail.com   
      
   No I haven't seen her. I'm just sad that letting someone starve and thirst   
   to death is an option in our culture now. Forty years ago, it wouldn't have   
   been thought of. I hope some kind of law is passed preventing this from   
   happening again.   
   "XDCC"  wrote in message   
   news:ZeKdnbF03Ze5X9PfRVn-rg@comcast.com...   
   > 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.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > I was just making the observation that ShadowHawk had apparently seen her   
   > because of that observation he made. It was good to have a first hand   
   account   
   > of her exact condition.   
   >   
      
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