Shanti —-you talk about removing the tube being worse than what one’d do to a dog. But for some, living in such a vegetative state is exponentially worse than being a dog.

The basic thing is here us that —- imposing one’s morals onto Terry is just being selfish.
What matters is what Terry would have wanted. And given that
a. Empirically most people would not want to remain in a vegetative state
b. Her husband says she didn’t want either,

I’d say pulling the tube is the right option. Your morals or mine are irrelevant.

euthanesia is a much debated thing - there’s no preset right or wrong, each case is unique. the thing most people forget is euthanesia means pulling the plug on someone with THAT person’s full consent - no one else’s.

anyways, as far as terry is concerned, what does she want? i guess that’s what matters.

seven_times_six, per the press releases put forward by her parents and videos released, Terry is able to communicate and smile at her family. They say she doesn’t appear dejected usually but was horrified the last time they told her she might die.

It is not a question of imposing morals on someone. It is still a question of whether you would kill a person since you think you wouldn’t want to live like her or keep her alive since those who are close to her say she wants to live.

Shanthi,
What else do you expect the family to come up with when they have almost a fixed slot on FOX News.

To pull the plug or not is not something you and I should be worried about. If you do not like the idea - don’t do it. Can’t stop others from from choosing against going broke.

Nilu, your argument borders on the ridiculous. I am not asking someone to conform to my wishes. I am asking that someone listen to the family of the person involved. What is so wrong with that?

What does being on FOX news have to do with a family wanting to keep their daughter alive? If it were me, I would camp out on whichever gave me time enough to air my views, be it CNN, FOX or Al-Jazeera.

Who is going broke by keeping Terri alive? Not her husband for sure. All he has to do is divorce her and walk away. Her family wants to take care of her bills and everything. Got any more arguments?

I wouldn’t want to live as a vegetable either.

What strikes me here about the people who say “go ahead and starve Terri” is that they’re projecting their own wishes and morals onto this woman’s family.

They say Mr. Schiavo long ago left his wife. He has been living with another woman he’s had kids with for about a decade now. They also say all they ask is that they be allowed to take care of their daughter. They say she interacts with them, is happy when she’s allowed to see them, and is frightened of dying when asked about it.

That should be enough for any sane or decent person.

I am asking that someone listen to the family of the person involved

Who is family?…..It is so easy to succumb to moral posturing on a right wing channel. So someone in the family will always do that. If I were her broher or father, and even if I think otherwise - I will hog all the limelight on T.V. as long I don’t foot the bill.

And Divorce???..After such publicity?
The man will be seen by millions as heartless SOB.

Nilu, FYI I don’t watch TV much. I only watch Survivor, Apprentice and the NBA games. I don’t have the time or the inclination to watch anything, so I really didn’t know Terri’s family was on FOX till you mentioned it to me. If that is their biggest mistake though, I’d rather not condemn their daughter for it.

Terri’s family are her parents and siblings - everybody apart from her husband. They have been fighting this issue over the years now - I last wrote about this issue years ago. They have been spending their time, energy and money fighting this.

You think divorcing Terri will make her husband seem like a heartless SOB but starving her to death so he can live with his girlfriend of seven years and their children won’t?

You see - pulling the plug will be a one time event.

But divorcing her will prolong the damn event and will make fantastic talking points for Bill O’Reilley every other time he is short on right wing stories.

My point is this : Those who fight for her life should foot her medical bill. Ask them to put their money where their mouth is. Then lets see what they have to say.

Nilu, but that is exactly what the family is prepared to do. They ask her husband to simply walk away and that they will take care of her for the rest of her life. They are not asking him for any money. They just want custody.

When did you start letting Bill O’Reilly decide where you should stand on morality? I really don’t see why any talkshow host’s opinion on this should make any difference to the case.

Terri has literally no brain and no hope of recovery. Aside from the brain stem, her skull is filled with CSF. The videos of her responding to stimulus is her brain stem causing involuntary movement. She has no conciousness. None.

Hipocrite, if she really has no consciousness then what is the harm in keeping her alive? It isn’t like she is suffering or anything, right?

Everyone that thinks the tube should be removed should be made to watch this woman suffer, suffer horribly, and die. A dog would be “put down” with lethal injection. Terri Schiavo can’t be because, in effect, that would be murder. If putting her out of her misery is murder, why isn’t starving her to death.

Exactly, George - if they think Terri should be killed anyways, why don’t they simply inject her with something lethal and put her out of the misery in one fell swoop? Why do they have to starve her instead?

the bible says thy shalt not kill, to me that is what will happen if terri feeding tube stays out, its like dying a slow death, I beleive that that God will not put more on that family that they can bear,the husband to seems to just want to go on with his life by doing away with terri, he should just go on and let her parents take care of her, only God knows when terri time is up.I do beleive in the mercy of the Lord and his word.how can man try to play God ?I pray for terri and her parents and all those that love her and are willing to help keep her alive. remember the saying WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?