Terri Schiavo

Another political post. Coming up is the one year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo. On Fox News (I'm sorry I watched them, but I needed a laugh), Hannity and Colmes had on Bill Frist and Terri Schiavo's parents. A couple of questions for each.

Bill: Mr. Frist first said that he believed the Florida court was in error because he did not believe it was morally right "actively kill someone that was not brain dead, was not terminally ill, did not have cancer, and was not on life support by removing her feeding tubes" (okay, that's not a quote, more a paraphrase). So, I'm curious, if she's not on life support, and you remove the feeding tubes, and that kills her, what are the feeding tubes? I mean, aren't they life support? The lack of them ends her life, so the presence of them are surely supporting her life. Perhaps I'm confused. Additionally, the woman was brain dead. The best doctors in the world said she was brain dead. The coroner said she was brain dead. She moaned periodically and could open her eyes, that doesn't mean there is anything going on.

Parents: You guys wrote a book. I think that's a little sick, personally. Probably should've written a blog. However, you did start a foundation, so I presume a significant amount of the profits will go to the foundation. When asked what function the foundation served, you said it was to help people that got in this same situation. I assume that means to pay for lawyers when parents want to keep their adult children alive even when it's against their children's own wishes and the wishes of the person closest to them (the husband or wife). Maybe I'm wrong on this too, but it seems like a pretty rare situation. I've got an idea, how about you put it towards Bulemia research. Bulemia killed your daughter, not the removal of life support. She was so skinny that she had a heart attack and that heart attack put her in a coma. Give the profits to research eating disorders, not perpetuate useless litigation. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Evan