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rodedaco, it does NOT set the precedent that we kill off anyone who can't take care of themselves. Situations like these should be handled on a case-to-case basis. I agree that she should have been euthanized rather than starved, but the political right would have shit an even bigger brick than it did already if they had actually stuck a needle in her or something. They had to go about it by doing nothing, rather than doing something.
In my opinion, if she was totally braindead, it's for the better, and it was what she wanted anyway (if you trust her husband's word). If Terri was still in there, conscious but unable to respond, she was probably ready to go anyway- does anyone really want to lay in a hospital bed for 15 years?
What pisses me off the most are those goddamn religious protestors outside making complete asses of themselves. Where were they when our government decided to write off the deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians as 'collateral damage,' or refuse to intervene in Darfur? Is Terri Schiavo's life worth more than that of an Iraqi or a Sudanese? How about the thousands of Americans who are starving RIGHT NOW, because their "feeding tube" is now paying for the occupation of Iraq?
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