Terri Died.

I can't believe it. Terri Schiavo died, I am totally outraged. I can't believe some people can be so heartless. I really hope her family is doing alright.

Yeah, I just saw it on CNN. It sucks, but what can you do about it...

At last, she is at peace. Here is what I don't understand. It is ok to starve someone to death but to administer euthanasia to a chronically ill person is wrong?

This should've from day 1 been a private matter. I am sorry for her loved ones that she is gone but there was no quality of life and the whole media and government involvment was unfair to her and now that she is at rest may she find eternal peace.


Kriz :^(

I just thought it was ridiculous they let her starve and go without water. If they wanted her to die, why couldn't it have been an easier death? It's a little harsh...It's just plain stupid.

Would anyone here putting themselves in Terri's position be willing to live like a vegetable for the rest of their life?

If there were chances of bringing Terri back from her coma and live a normal life, then I could understand the point of those who are protesting to keep her alive. However, doctors said that there were no chances of bringing Terri back from her vegetation state.

Btw, did anyone see last night that 'South Park' episode where Kenny goes into a coma and enters a vegetate state that stops him from going to heaven and becoming Keanu Reeves to stop Satan from invading heaven?
Seems very odd that the episode aired one day before Terri died.

I understand, but dehydration and starvation are one of the most painful ways to die. It is inhumane, even if she is mostly brain dead. Seriously, she has responded to different things such as a balloon passing by. She turned her head, followed it, and everything. Being on a feeding tube is not so much life support. She can breath on her own and do everything else necessary to live. A perfect example is how a baby relies on her mother to be fed. She is still a human and deserves respect even if she cannot (well, I guess now it would be right to say couldn't since she is gone..) do a lot of things. Her husband would not allow her to recieve therapy at all during her early stages. I am still disgusted. He could've just simply divorced her and allowed her parents to take care of her. He has a family of his own now, he should've let the people who cared for her the moment she was born take care of her now. Her husband must've had some infulence on why she had that accident. A young lady who is at a nice weight doesn't typical have a heart attack or stroke or whatever.


I would keep going, but I am in writing lab right now, and will probably be forced to turn the monitor off at any moment.

Yippie. Now maybe the news will be about something else rather than about a person who has been dead for 15 years. By the way, I recall that experts saying that she would not have felt pain but rather a euphoric state.

This was indeed a tragedy. I was totally against her starving to death. There was no clear solution to this. She had no quality of life in the state she was in but it is not up to anyone on this earth to say when and how she should die. It was a sad, sad situation. I take comfort in knowing she is in a better place now. I'm not sure if it was her time to be in that place today, when her heart stopped years ago, or sometime in the future. I do know that it is not up to me, a judge, her husband, or anyone else to decide when it was her time. I do not like how the whole thing was handled but there was nothing I could do but hope for the best. I pray that this does NOT happen again.

Thomas, how can you say America's laws are stupid? Do you live here? I do not argue that every law on the books serves every citizen equally, that would be impossible in every country. Do the laws where you live make you completely happy? Is it legal to do LSD where you live? I am just wondering if it is bc you said you were going to try it. I'm starting to believe that you are predjudice against Americans, are you? I hope not. I am getting bored trying to convince you that 9 out of 10 things you say are insensitive.

Lisser, I totally agree. That was very well put.

Although I agree that Terri deserved a dignified quick and painless death, I certainly do not agree with just letting someone starve to death.

Now all the 24-hour news stations can go back to reporting about, you know, other news in the world.

Mr.Jingles and Lisser - well said. I am SO sad about this. This was a tragedy that would have NO happy ending. This poor woman and I feel SO sad for her family. But, I believe that she is at peace now and that is the most important thing. I am Catholic and the feeding tube issue is SO grey. On the one hand, it was inhumane to starve her to death, but then again she was in such a brain-damaged state that if it took a feeding tube to keep her alive, is she TRULY alive? No happy endings here, just questions and what ifs. The only person I don't feel sorry for is the husband - I don't why, but he gives me the creeps - here he is, the grieving husband, with the live-in girlfriend and 2 children with this woman??? Bullcrap. Why didn't he divorce Terri? He didn't want to give any power to her parents? He scares the crap out of me. But, at least this case has more and more Americans making out living wills with their wishes voiced so this kind of thing will not happen as often. I have one now!

Lisser wrote:

This was indeed a tragedy. I was totally against her starving to death. There was no clear solution to this. She had no quality of life in the state she was in but it is not up to anyone on this earth to say when and how she should die. It was a sad, sad situation. I take comfort in knowing she is in a better place now. I'm not sure if it was her time to be in that place today, when her heart stopped years ago, or sometime in the future. I do know that it is not up to me, a judge, her husband, or anyone else to decide when it was her time. I do not like how the whole thing was handled but there was nothing I could do but hope for the best. I pray that this does NOT happen again.

Thomas, how can you say America's laws are stupid? Do you live here? I do not argue that every law on the books serves every citizen equally, that would be impossible in every country. Do the laws where you live make you completely happy? Is it legal to do LSD where you live? I am just wondering if it is bc you said you were going to try it. I'm starting to believe that you are predjudice against Americans, are you? I hope not. I am getting bored trying to convince you that 9 out of 10 things you say are insensitive.

I think Thomas makes a good point, but I can't tell you for sure if his comment was meant to be anti-American. Although I know that he makes some anti Republican/anti-conservative comments (some of which make sense to some extent), I have to say that IMO not all of them aren't meant to be taken in any way as anti-American. ...but anyways.

I know you say that this is a tragedy Lisser, and I agree with you. However, the past 15 years for Terri have been a much bigger tragedy than her own death. She's in a better place now, and although it's terribly sad it's a relief in some way. Definitely you're right when you say that this should never happen again, but the sad truth is that it could possibly (probably perhaps) happen again. Let this be a lesson to everyone because although chances are the we won't have to face such a terrible thing, it could still happen to anyone. Euthanasia has been a subject of way too much controversy for decades, but little has been done to solve the problem, since lawmakers are still debating over the problem. Hopefully Terri Schiavo's case will make them realize how important it is to come to an agreement.

A solution could be to make everyone sign a will or petition to decide their own fate in case that a state of illness makes them unable to give them the right to live or die. However, I don't know what would it take to make every single person sign such kind of petition.

Now we can hear daily reports on whether Pope John Paul can speak and speculation on when he will say mass again.

The US legal system is certainly not a model for the rest of the world. The US legal system is by the lawyers for the lawyers, and is not really about justice. It is more about who can stuff the better lawyers pockets.