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matthew330 · 03-19-2005, 09:23 PM

"The best thing for her would be to kill her quick instead of starvation. It is what she probably would want, I know I would if it was me."

...and there is the crux of the issue. You want her dead because in your perfect world you couldn't possibly imagine living like that, and think it's what "she would PROBABLY want". You look at her and you can see she is ALIVE. She is not in a coma, she is not on life support, therefore, and there is no "pulling of the plug." You'd prefer to inject her, put a gun to her head, but no matter - if that can't be done, starve her.

"the parents seem to be out of touch with reality, and the doctor(s) there seem not to be able to get across the truth to the parents."

When you people can get over your own personal feelings about what you would do in this situation, and accept the fact that even in the medical community there is disagreement about Terri's prognosis, and there is NO DEFINITIVE DIRECTION on the part of Terri to respond a certain way in this situation, you have only one option. As NCB said, ERR ON THE SIDE OF LIFE.

"Terry is a drooling vegetable who WILL never get any better." Yeah that's real sweet, considering your willing to kill her, i'm sure you've got something more than a gut feeling to prove for statement. After all, it is a LIFE were talking about, though i'm becoming more and more convinced that means nothing to you people.

"just one medical student's opinion..." no doubt 1st year. I've never even been to medical school and could write 3 times the length of your paper on the problems with your paper. But i have a feeling that wouldn't be good enough. My dad's practiced medicine for over 30 years, perhaps you'd like to talk to him about your conclusions...they certainly don't parallel yours.

When all is said and done, none of you know what Terry is going through. The only thing certain is that none of you could imagine going through it, and it's so easy to say from the sidelines "Kill Her", because i wouldn't want to go through it. If she dies, as far as i'm concerned, every single one of you that so nonchalantly talks about her fate as if it were your own, is responsible for it. Responsible for killing her, responsible for starving her. Because it is this mentality that has killed her. Congratulations, you must feel proud.

03-19-2005, 09:23 PM	#141 (permalink)
matthew330 Banned	"The best thing for her would be to kill her quick instead of starvation. It is what she probably would want, I know I would if it was me." ...and there is the crux of the issue. You want her dead because in your perfect world you couldn't possibly imagine living like that, and think it's what "she would PROBABLY want". You look at her and you can see she is ALIVE. She is not in a coma, she is not on life support, therefore, and there is no "pulling of the plug." You'd prefer to inject her, put a gun to her head, but no matter - if that can't be done, starve her. "the parents seem to be out of touch with reality, and the doctor(s) there seem not to be able to get across the truth to the parents." When you people can get over your own personal feelings about what you would do in this situation, and accept the fact that even in the medical community there is disagreement about Terri's prognosis, and there is NO DEFINITIVE DIRECTION on the part of Terri to respond a certain way in this situation, you have only one option. As NCB said, ERR ON THE SIDE OF LIFE. "Terry is a drooling vegetable who WILL never get any better." Yeah that's real sweet, considering your willing to kill her, i'm sure you've got something more than a gut feeling to prove for statement. After all, it is a LIFE were talking about, though i'm becoming more and more convinced that means nothing to you people. "just one medical student's opinion..." no doubt 1st year. I've never even been to medical school and could write 3 times the length of your paper on the problems with your paper. But i have a feeling that wouldn't be good enough. My dad's practiced medicine for over 30 years, perhaps you'd like to talk to him about your conclusions...they certainly don't parallel yours. When all is said and done, none of you know what Terry is going through. The only thing certain is that none of you could imagine going through it, and it's so easy to say from the sidelines "Kill Her", because i wouldn't want to go through it. If she dies, as far as i'm concerned, every single one of you that so nonchalantly talks about her fate as if it were your own, is responsible for it. Responsible for killing her, responsible for starving her. Because it is this mentality that has killed her. Congratulations, you must feel proud.