I swear to Goddess, if I live to be 100...

[themostepotente]

I will never understand how some people think. Has anyone been following the Terri Schiavo case?

For those of you that haven't the slightest clue as to what I'm talking about, here's a brief synopsis.

Terri Schiavo has been, and I quote, in a 'persistive vegetative state' for FIFTEEN years, and her poor husband who just wants to move on has been given shit in large doses for wanting to end her suffering. And now there's this big brouhaha over reinserting her feeding tube.

This woman is not going to just to snap out of it. She ain't getting better.

Fifteen years? How is relying on a feeding tube considered 'living?' Where is the fucking 'quality of life' these assholes protest in favor of by taping the word 'LIFE' over their mouths?

Oh, this fucking pisses me off. The staunch Republicans would have us live in the fucking stone age, I swear.

--P

Comments

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

My mistake. I was led to believe otherwise. Still, it doesn't negate the fact that she needs to be 'let go.'

Any decent society would have a reasonable policy for euthanasia that would allow her to die quickly and painlessly. We give our pets death with dignity, why not people? *shakes head*

In a case such as this, I fully support euthanasia.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Your legal background -- my medical background. Oi vey.

[xochiquetzl]

I agree that the feeding tube thing is horrifying and barbaric-sounding, but...

No cerbral cortext. None. Just a bunch of spinal fluid where it used to be. She has enough brain to breathe, but not swallow. 0_0

[xochiquetzl]

Okay, in that case, I totally agree.