deaflibrarian said:
This is why there has to be better ways to die than to "starve" by death. That is why everyone is so emotional about Terri, this thought of starving to death.
I would like to bring your attention to Sun Hudson. He was on a respirator, had been for several months, and the doctors shut it off even though his mother didn't want it shut off. The fact no one got all upset and emotional about it was because one cannot live without breathing for more than a few minutes and therefore Sun died quickly so his death was “quick and painless,” and Sun didn’t “suffer” like Terri is because she’s without food or water, thus “starving to death” which is not a painless way to die.
I don't quite understand why you compare Terri's case to this one here when this is totally different, Terri is breathing on her own, she is unable to feed herself that is why she is on the feeding tubes, and yes, starving someone to death is a cruel act of murder period and another thing is, how do any of you know that this is what Terri wants? Did she ever said this to you personally ? NO, she didn't . I bet you Terri has no clue what is happening to her and why she is not being fed, and another thing to look at is how can a parent go to bed every night knowing their child is out there starving themselves to dealth? :::sigh:::
None of you have no idea what its like to be in Terri's shoes, it may be so darn easy to sit here and say, hey's its just a machine...
I know there's more to what is being said by the husband and I do feel within my heart that the husband is hiding something, He doesn't care about her, he doesn't love her, but some of you people believe that he does, how do any of you know that? you guys never live with them, you don't know what is going on behind the closed door of Terri's and Michael's marriage...
I don't believe a second that Terri actually told her husband she wants to die, he couldn't even remember it and then he waited until after he had a girlfriend and said " yeah, she told me she wants to die " doesn't that tell any of you something here?
Edit Another thing to look at is, God gave those doctors tools to use for patients who need it to keep them alive and without those tools, they would die....