RE: RE: Torturing Terri Schiavo

Behethland B. Clark responds to Steve Brenneis:

I'm afraid I don't understand the fuss over the Terri Schiavo issue.

Why is it that we can humanely end our pets lives when their suffering has become too great to bear, but we have such a hard time doing it for our fellow man? I have two very close friends (who shall remain nameless) who had to make this same decision regarding their own parents. They chose to humanely remove all feeding and breathing tubes and let their loved ones suffering end. Both friends later told me that they will forever be haunted, but wanted to see their mother/father finally at peace. Of course, both families had discussed the issue at length and had their desires written down.

Yes, it is a hard decision but Mr. Schiavo has already mourned the death of his wife. She has been gone for years now.

Life lesson: have a living will!! Death is unfortunately, a part of life.