I have spent an eternity saying this.

[conuly]

Terri Schiavo is not on life support. She does not use a ventilator. I don't know where that story started, but here it ends. She is not hooked up to any machines. She uses a feeding tube. That is not life support. Taking her off the feeding tube will cause her to - slowly - starve or dehydrate.

There is evidence that she reacts to things around her. There is also evidence that her condition would be drastically improved if the money from the settlement had gone towards her treatment instead of her husband's court bills.

So please, base your opinions off of accurate information.

And now, I will let other people talk about being in situations where they were believed dead, and post those links (links I've posted before) about other people who nearly died because "after all, she's not going to recover, might as well pull the plug now" - and at the time, they were conscious.

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[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Maybe you did not read my comment. I agree with bridgetesteer, and her link to a post which discusses *current governmental attitudes* towards all sorts of people, not least of which are old people on Social Security. Perhaps if you look at the current rhetoric regarding these issues - including welfare, an issue that has continually been under attack by Republicans for at least the last 30 years - you will understand my comment. And if you do not support these attitudes, perhaps you should amend *your* comment.

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[gingembre.livejournal.com]

To clarify: This link (http://www.livejournal.com/~ginmar/398263.html)