It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

And of course, it doesn't. At least, not in the New York City animal shelters.

Animals killed in the city pound get a "kinder euthanasia," facing quick death by injection, with smooth jazz playing in the background.

A judge has ordered that Terri Schiavo suffer a slow, torturous death by starvation because, based on a verbal statement that only her husband claims to have heard her make, it's her very own will to die like a dog—or like dogs used to die when nobody loved them.

Many people love Terri, and she's exhibited a strong will to live—surviving six days of court-imposed starvation in October 2003 before Florida's legislators passed Terri's Law, which has since been struck down. She could unquestionably benefit from the rehabiliation that her husband has long denied her, as can be seen in a five-minute video of her attempting to speak to her mother.

Oscar may love euthanasia—witness last night's big win for "Million Dollar Baby." But anyone who's seen one of the videos of Terri knows that this woman clearly loves life—even the life she has, being visited in a hospice room. Imagine if she had the rehabilitation to enable her to say what she's trying so hard to say.

For one possibility of what she might be trying to say, read this post detailing a medical expert's assertion that Terri collapsed as a result of physical trauma that may have been caused by her husband's abuse.
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