The Terri Schiavo thing

[=D.C.L.I=Everest]

I have to admit that I hadn\'t heard any of what you summed up, Sgt. Boomer. But that doesn\'t lead me to believe it\'s all true.

If he really tried to kill her, than that should be investigated accordingly, so that he can be punished for that. But that\'s a whole different story then.

Imagine how it would be if they would\'ve proved right away that Michael tried to kill Terri. He would\'ve ended up in jail, obviously. But that wouldn\'t change the fact that she has severe brain damage, to the point that she will never function as a normal human being. The bed Terri\'s lying in will either way be her death bed.

Also, I\'d like to reconsider labelling her a plant. From what I learn of Dr. Hammesrfahr\'s findings, I\'d say she\'s more of in an brain-damaged animal state than brain-dead plant state. So she tries to please others by doing activities for which she gets verbal praise? Sounds like my dog, except that my dog can process her own food. To say this is no more cruel than saying she\'s a plant. Technically I\'m being nicer about it

But the bottom line is: she just can\'t perform as a human being anymore, whatever the true reason for her condition might be. She\'ll never love, laugh, live again. I know I would never be able to take that if it\'d happen to me.

Finally, an idea I had when I was thinking about this... We can choose a line on our identity cards that shows we want our organs donated in case of death. Why not just add a simple line saying that we want to be killed if we become braindead? Problem solved 8)