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Originally Posted by ceejay
You have brought back a flood of memories, unknowingly. I know it was not meant in a cruel or mean way, that it is your opinion. And normally, I respect your opinions. However, this is one opinion that I have to disagree with...for my own sanity.
What would you have done at 17 years old?
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I'm sorry for your loss, but Terry Shiavo was a different situation. When you and your family opted to pull the breathing tube, your mother, as you said, could not survive without the machine to do her breathing.
Ms. Shiavo needed no such machine to live. All she needed to live was a little food and a little water. She was denied these basic human needs.
For Ms. Shiavo to die, she had to be killed. She was not "allowed" to die, There is a big difference; no matter how many words some posters have written to justify it.
Again, I apologize for opening an old wound, and I wish you all the best.