Those people trying to keep Schiavo alive should strap themselves to a bed

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... for 24 hours and see what it's like. Have they ever thought that they may be torturing her by holding her in a condition she doesn't want to be in? Those people need to try being immobilized for 24 hours nonstop to see what she's actually going through. It's a form of imprisonment and they are only prolonging her imprisonment. Are they doing this for Terri Schiavo's sake or for their own sake?

[NYCGirl]

1. The difference, of course, is that Schiavo CAN'T FEEL IT!

She's not lucid!

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3. OK, but how can anyone except her know what she is feeling or thinking?

[NYCGirl]

5. Well, I'm afraid we can only guess, since no one without a cerebral cortex

can tell us.

[drdon326]

2. Good ...i'll telll

the CBC
Jesse Jackson
Tom Harken
Rev.Al Sharpton

[tridim]

4. Make that 24 hours, 15 years and it'll be a better demonstration

Nobody would want to remain in that state, ESPECIALLY the fundies.

[rkc3]

6. Ask them to work in a nursing home for three months.

They might learn something about how the common man is treated in the last stage of life - and maybe something about compassion along the way.

Since no bad stuff has ever happened to any of our congressmen, they need to go out and see it firsthand.

[glitch]

7. They'd have to wear a blind fold and ear plugs as well, since Terri's

brain without a cerebral cortex can no longer process input.

[motherbell]

8. Been there

I have been there and done that. And I have a daughter with Rett Syndrome who is bed/wheelchair bound. I do not want this to become a habit of letting people die this way.
My daughter was starved for 5 days at camp. Almost died. It was considered no big deal because of the quality of life.
I am getting really upset with both sides here.

[Lindacooks]

9. I'm sorry your daughter has been through that.

But does she have a flat EEG? That's the case iwth Ms. Schiavo - she doesn't have a higher brain, which is what makes us human. If your daughter still has awareness, there is no reason to remove life support.

[Bouncy Ball]

10. She's not aware of anything.

She doesn't know who she is, where she is, she can't form a thought in her head, because the place where people form thoughts and have awareness is gone in her.