Schiavo Autopsy Finds No Sign of Trauma

Euthanasia/Right to Die Forum

Guh, that's pretty frightening. This probably should have been done sooner. I'm sure her "anger centers" would have been plenty alive if she knew she was being used a political pawn.

Im a little surprised about her being blind, but not completely surprised. We already knew that all her responses were not based on fosucing on something.

I think many people owe Michael Schiavo an apology. The threats and the accusations he had to endure for years over this.

I was behind him in this whole mess, and I continue to be behind him.

They would not accept it if the lord came down and told them it was true. They just want to hide behind their hatred of Michael. Terri is gone, and she went many many years ago. You can't fake an autopsy showing that the part of her brain that controlled vision was dead and had been for years.

regardless of whether or not terri was aware of what was happening to her, at least some good came of the whole situation. now we know that starving to death is a peaceful and dignified way to die. maybe the U.S. can save some money and quit giving away food and money to other countries. just let them all live (and die) in peace and dignity.

You lost me Larke...what is your point?

I figured it was sarcasm..that wasnt lost on me, I just didnt get the point of the US sending money to other countries vs. the Schiavo case...

What am I missing here...(besides my mind, I guess.)

technically she died of dehydration.

in my grandpa's latter months, he had to wear a diaper and have someone change him, and my grandma had to feed him. He could swallow, and probably was aware of people, but couldn' talk or move.

Eventually, he decided that his time had come and refused to eat. My grandma tried to feed him, but he refused.

He was consious, and made that choice.

Terri was not consious, but when she was, she had expressed her wishes to her husband. She made her choice.

yeah, if by "when it suited him" you mean "the whole ****ing time"

oh forget it. i wish i'd never posted in this thread.

my point had nothing to do with her wishes, her ex-husban's wishes, or her parents wishes. i was just making social commentary through sarcasm.

when there's some woman people are tired of hearing about, then it's peaceful to die of starvation. but when it's little kids in ethiopia it's all "we've got to do something about the poor little starving childrem". the hypocrisy sickens me. my postion has nothing to do with terri. i couldn't care less about her. i don't understand how people get so emotionally tied to complete strangers and their situations.

Larke makes a very good point about hypocracy. All the attention to one woman versus all the starving going on elsewhere in the world. Terri was indeed a political football.