You're right
Although it's true that people had been discussing death for ages....
All of a sudden public discourse about death is a thing to be feared, because it has "Private: family matter only" stamped all over it. Talk about censorship!!
Medical advances have made it necessary to update our discussions, open a few closets labelled "private" which have skeletons in them, ask new questions.
I find it puzzling that one of the biggest "medical advances" seems to be the reclassification of "feeding" as medical care. That seems like a step backwards.
Well, it's getting near noon. I wonder if I should get my "Grilled McMedication" at McDonald's drive-thru or if I should check to see if there is anything for lunch in my bathroom medicine cabinet.
On second thought, maybe I can borrow one of my mother's bottles of Ensure. It sure is convenient, that I don't have to replace it by going all the way to a pharmacy!! It's available in the Health and beauty aids aisle in my local grocery store. (Didn't Terri used to be given something like Ensure?)
I hate to miss a meal. I imagine I'm just like the folks who starved and dehydrated Terri, in that way.
Would you fight to live like Terri lived for 10-12 years? Let's say what the autopsy said was true...blind...almost no brain activity (Ill giving your side the benefit of the doubt on that one). Would you beg to live like that? If you walked into a hospital and saw Terri in a bed, would you turn to your partner and say, Hey, if I'm ever in that condition, make sure no matter what happens, you keep my body alive? Please, please be honest.