Cruising the internet, and reading many stories like this that people (like Mary Anne) have felt compelled to share, it has become obvious that these horrible and painful life and death decisions are not all that uncommon.

Terri's case became a legal hassle a long time ago, and having been thrown at the Supreme Court more than once (it got thrown right back), was bound to get some kind of national attention. Most cases like this never will.

WHY? well, I think it is because they werent coached by their talk shows and politicians on what to think...

And I could do without the condescension for a change. We all know that liberals consider conservatives dimwitted clods incapable of independent thought. Consider it a given, and we won't have to hear you repeat it so often.

Don't get smug. Any curve has two ends. Professor Peter Singer, a man who fifty years ago would have been run out of town, is still in business, and respected by many.