I would certainly hope, for her sake, that Terry Schiavo is 'Down to Her Last Hours'. All I hear lately is how terrible all of this is on her parents. Someone needs to tell them this isn't about them at all. If they think they're daughter is "living" they really need a reality check. And in my opinion, some intense grief counselling is about 15 years overdue. I swear to god if this isn't a classic example of misplaced grief I don't know what is. Trust me on this.

And for every instance you hear about the "awful" pain she's in - it's all bullshit. I feel for the pain her family is going throught - but she doesn't feel anything. That's the point. If she did, the feeding tube wouldn't be an issue. They'd be working on rehabilitating her to some degree. I saw one press report that presumed to compare the brain damaged victim of a two week coma with Schiavo, who's condition HAS NOT CHANGED in 15 years.

For all their religious fundamentalist bullshit, don't they think Terry would be happier in the afterlife than remain a vegetable here on this plane of existence?

The selfish ones are her parents - and there is no excuse for that - no matter how much pain they're in. There are thousands of people on the planet who are undergoing the same slow dying process that Schiavo is going through. Why doesn't every state or country where this is happening to others start passing laws left and right?

My prayers are for her and for her husband. May she finally rest in peace and may he find some happiness here on earth.