During her early-afternoon speech Kate declared that “If they want to kill Terri they should have the guts to put a gun to her head” rather than condemn her to such a slow and painful death. She finished off by summing up the full import of the Schiavo case, saying, “The measure of a society is how they treat the least of us. Life is sacred or meaningless, there is nothing in between.” That is a unique way of putting it. Why don't they just shoot all "severely brain damaged" people they can't stand to look at. This is no different. It just takes longer and causes more agony.