[robertpaulsen]

"You have to know that there was no solid evidence that the patient wanted to be starved of all food and water, orally or otherwise."

No, I don't think that Terri specifically requested starvation. Is that your new standard?

Give me a break with your stupid strawmen.

The judge had "clear and convincing" evidence (a Florida requirement) that Terri would not want to live the way she was. That's solid enough for me.

Now, what are you suggesting that the judge do at this point? Seriously. What should he have done? Lethal injection? What?

[expatpat]

The judge had "clear and convincing" evidence (a Florida requirement) that Terri would not want to live the way she was. That's solid enough for me.

With that level of credulity and naiveity, you should avoid anyone with Florida swampland to sell.

[hocndoc]

That's easy - Greer should have allowed oral hydration. If Terry couldn't drink or tolerate enough to keep alive, at least the people around her wouldn't have been tortured. If she could - and would - then we'd truly know.

Forbidding oral hydration for comfort care was murder - a deliberate action intended to cause death by that direct action.