How pray tell are her parents prolonging her suffering?

Not the most moronic post I've read here, but pretty damn close!

tubes being put up their anuses to keep them in a vegatable state? How can one avoid that from happening?

But GOP Geezer is a close second.

Gotta love 'em.

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many of the escorts say they don't speak greek and that seems to keep things outta the butt. if it works fer the chicks it'll work fer you,

Still, i largely ignore you, why would i give someone lacks the courage of their convictions more consideration than I afford you?

BK

What a hero you are.

Talk about moranic -- you are telling me you really don't get this?

I would say living as a vegetable with a tube in your mouth is suffering. I never heard of ANYBODY saying they wanted to be kept alive as a vegetable with a feeding tube. Since she cannot live without a feeding tube, giving her one is, by definition keeping her alive and therefore "prolonging her suffering".

You honestly don't get this?

Who is the moron?

Moronically, you seem to refuse to hear the opposing views on her condition OR you spend way too much time watching TV News!  If there is doubt, and there is, why not error on the side of life?  Like you guys always do the night before a child murderer is given a quick and painless lethal injection!

Speaking of that, since you seem to think that death by dehydration is so fucking painless, let’s start using that method for the murderers on death row!  Fuck no, you wouldn't treat your fucking dog like you want this young woman treated!

If Terri Schiavo was in prison, she could not be subjected to this punishment due to the 8th Amendment!  Spend some time expanding your mind instead of repeating bullshit from Barny Frank!

You are right -- I would take my dog to the vet and have him put down like I have done in the past... That is the humane thing to do.

Terri is a vegetable. Everybody who says otherwise is full of bull crap. There is only "doubt" on Faux and in the fanatical minds of a few nut cases.

I trust the 5 doctors who spent years with her -- not the few who spent a few hours with her or watched less than 10 seconds of video tape.

32 Judges and over 70% of the public agrees with me -- THAT is a rational position. You have an irrational position. That makes you the moron.

You debate like Goerge W. Bush. You have a stupid answer for everything. Did Karl Rove tell you to post that? How cleaver you are. I'll bet you are impressed with yourself.

If Food and Water by feeding-tube was not "life support", we would not be having this conversation, genius.

She can't take food and drink by mouth. Do you even know the facts of this case? She would likely just choke and suffocate if those lunatics outside the hospice actually got in there to give her anything by mouth. HER CEREBRAL CORTEX IS LIQUID! She is a vegetable. How much more clear can it be? Why do you refuse to hear this? This is the reason that 5 doctors, 32 Judges and the (Renquist) Supreme Court (on three occasions) has ruled against what you are advocating. ALL of the professinals who are closest to this disagree with you. How can you keep argueing this stupid position? You are just plain wrong. Apparently almost 80% of the public disagrees with you. Why can't you admit you are wrong?

You're probably right.

I am staring at that animated gif you sent right now -- very funny stuff. Thanks for lightening me up.

If you would take the time, you would know that nobody is allowed to offer her food or water by mouth.

The question is, when it then be killing in your mind, or would you just come up with another lame excuse for killing her?

Is that what you wanted me to say?

I would not want to live as a vegetable. I have specific instructions to my wife which I have signed that say so. I have never heard ANYBODY say they would want to live as a vegetable. She apparently told her husband she would not want to be kept alive as a vegetable. I believe it. Honestly, who would?

But, because of the opposition from the religious right, we cannot seem to make it more humane for people like Terri who would not want to live as a vegetable. This is the only choice. It's sad, but we should actually change the law in the other direction -- they should be allowed to give her a leathal dose of morphine or something that will let her go in peace.

Everything else is just a grand-standing, side-show distraction from this point.

You believe in euthanasia, and I completely disagree with you.  However, for more clarity, to what extent would you (if you were king) authorize the use of it?

Mentally retarded?  How about Cystic Fibrosis?  All birth defects?  All imperfections?  Or just those that make you uncomfortable?  History has seen this before, just a little over 50 years ago in Germany.

If you have made that choice for yourself, and executed a durable power of attorney to that end, I applaud you!  I executed such a document over 25 years ago and had it recorded in the county of my residence.  However, that is not the case here; it was never brought up by Michael Schaivo until after his court settlement.

It leaves plenty of room for question, and it is my contention that when the matter is questionable, you error on the side of life.