I swear, if I hear one more word about Terry Schiavo...

Aughhh! Will you all just shut up! This whole case is making me nuts! Everywhere I go it's Terry Schiavo this, vegetative state that, a$$hole husband the other.

This poor woman has been reduced to a permanently vegetative state. She's neither completely living nor completely dead. There are those that would argue that since she's brain dead, she's dead. Conversely, there are those that would argue that even though she's brain-dead, since her heart is still beating on its own, she's alive. Remarkably, these beliefs are not neatly split down partisan lines, no matter how many people looking to flame believe they are.

No matter what you believe about her "life," starving and dehydrating someone until they die is barbaric. If my dog were in a similar state, I'd do the humane thing and have it put down with an injection. I would be showing far more compassion than any doctor, lawyer, or family member in this case. If my daughter were in this state, I'd want a more merciful alternative than depriving her of nutrients. I'd want to extend to her the same compassion that I'd show my dog.

What I find most disgusting, though, is that the United States Congress has decided that the fate of ONE PERSON is more important than any pressing matter of, oh say, International Diplomacy, or trivial domestic matters like homeless children or families without health care. Instead, let's talk about one woman and load our grandiose speeches full of bombast about the Sanctity of Human Life.

I'd like to ask people about the Quality of Human Life. Does that matter? Apparently not.