Terry Shiavo, Living Yet Dead: Issue Explanation

Before

Life: The individual's right to life should be considered inviolable.. says the Democratic Ideals. Yes, life shouldn't be taken or even cut off but, imagine being neither living nor dead. You are simply in a vegetative state, known as PVS; persistent vegetative state. Of course you can't even ponder of being in a state like that but Terry Schiavo has. Terry was a Florida gal, who was living life just like the rest of us until she had a life changing heart attack following15 years of living off machines. Being mentally incompetent, her vegetative state forced her to be put on life-support till her feeding tube was finally pulled. Yet, we look at this situation and we feel guilty that one had to live life they way Terry did. But the question is, is it wrong to feel guilty? Morally ending someones life is a horrific decision for many people.Though, some now think that Terry is finally happy. 

After

The pursuit of happiness is an attempt to attain happiness in ones own way. Terry Schiavo was not happy. She was not sad. She was in a coma and mentally incompetent. The blindness of her struggles were past on to her loved ones which quickly expanded like a balloon after years and years of waiting. The pain they had to deal with was too much to handle so they picked a choice that utterly Terry would never know about. Terry is freed from being imprisoned -A voice says. Every person has the right of liberty as every person has the right of life or death. Freedom comes in many forms; war liberations, escaping a totalitarian government, etc. Soldiers in WW2 experienced things most people have't. They have watched their friends, one by one, die. Almost all living ex-WW2 soldiers will tell you that ending a fellow soldiers life because of the immense pain of their wounds is better than watching their friend die in agony. Is this not the same as euthanasia? There are many reason why people are against this liberation. The common good might view it as treason but ask yourself, would you want your loved ones to be in pain?