[mockingbyrd]

Death is inevitable, at times simply postponing it is cruel. There's a difference between allowing nature to run its course and actively causing death, such as by starvation.

[Hildy]

Death is inevitable, at times simply postponing it is cruel.

And therein lies the rub....who makes that decision? In our Country we have laws, and in the Terri Schiavo case, all the laws were met and upheld at every level.