Every life is important Bobert. I read your posts. I know that you know that. Terri Schiavo's is no less important than anyone else's, nor is it more important.

This whole affair seems to revolve around a couple of key questions.

1) Is she really brain dead, or just severely mentally disabled?
   If it's the latter, then the State of Florida is embarking on a
   journey I don't wish to join, down a really slippery slope
   (i.e. just how dumb do you gotta be before it's OK to kill
   you?). We all saw the lack of morality displayed by the State of
   Florida in November of 2004. We didn't trust them then, why
   should we trust them now?
   

2) Who is ultimately going to set public policy in Florida?
   This seems as much a battle of wills between the legislature and
   the judiciary as any thing else.

3) Why is her husband so intent on ending her life?
   My nose says "follow the money". As I understand it, he stands to
   profit greatly from settlements awarded that were intended to
   provide for her care, but which go to him upon her death.

Now, I'm no brain-dead BushieHead (well ok, brain dead sometimes, but definately no Bushite) but I do find this case fascinating. I don't however, think that my fascination should be interpreted as a value judgement that her life is any more important than a life lived in poverty, despair and hardship by someone of a different skin color.