Reply #51: Yes, us....

[deadparrot]

We just love to pull the plug. Nothing better. Fuck life. :eyes:

For all the protesting that the pro-tube people put out (and, yes, I agree, it is merited at some points), you certainly make a lot of assumptions about the other side, too.

I cannot imagine being in the Schindler/Schiavo situation right now--it's horrible. I have read lots and lots of articles on this subject (as I would assume you have). I have come to the (nonexpert) conclusion that yes, this woman is technically alive, in that her heart beats and she breathes on her own. However, I've also seen that these are the resulting physical remnants of an otherwise liquefied brain.

If I truly believed that she had a decent chance of recovery short of a medical miracle, or if I truly believed that TS would want to be kept alive in such circumstances, I would support the tube. However, IMO, keeping the tube in is just not going to do any good. We would not treat an animal this way--keeping them physically alive but spiritually gone. What you see now is, is basically all she will ever be. The "old" Terri will not reemerge, she will be a beating heart and a breathing body. IMO, it is more cruel to put a human being through this with no hope of recovery than it is to let her go and be at peace.

I would appreciate it if you stopped insinuating that I don't care about life. If that was not your intent, I'm sorry, but that is what it looked like from reading your post.

Here are some articles that helped me understand the subject better. Read them, don't read them, but it might help you to understand *my* position better.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11239223.htm

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/050404/4science.htm?track=rss

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11213061.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050324/ap_on_re_us/brain_damaged_woman_excerpts_1

http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=524703