This is not a painful death; Mrs. Schiavo was able to receive medication for pain and apparently needed little. She was not whining piteously for food, etc. I haven't read the news since Wednesday morning, but there is no analogy here and to suggest there is one is extremely misleding. Robert Paul Reed College >>You know, if my pet dog were ill and I refused to give her >>any food or water because the vet told me she was going >>to die and nothing could be done for her, I'd be arrested >>for animal abuse. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html