bLogically Speaking: Where there's a will, there's a way

The battle for control and the very life of Terri Schiavo rages on. All of this would have been avoided if Terri had created a living will before her demise. You have a living will don't you? Since Terri never legally documented her wishes she has left it to the courts to decide. Her husband, Michael, has the legal upper hand and has successfully taken this through the court system to have her so called life support removed against the wishes of Terri's parents. Legally this should be the end of the story but it isn't. Why has this case sparked such emotions on both sides? I don't have answers but I do have questions:

Why do the lawmakers feel such an urgent need to save Terri's life? After all this ordeal has gone on for a longtime, they could have done something when it was not so pressing.
Why is Michael unwilling to allow Terri's parents to care for her?
If the parents receive custody of Terri, what are their plans when they can no longer care for her?
Since when is food and water considered life support?

As humans we need to ask ourselves at what point we give up on life. Does Society have a responsibility to protect, encourage, and even enforce life or do we as a whole tell individuals any particular life is unimportant - do with it what you want. Should there be laws against suicide? (ask a family that lost a loved one to suicide). At what point do we pull out a standardized test to measure each person's ability to live? Must anyone below a particular IQ be starved to death? I believe there is a distinct line between someone on life support to breath and a tube for food. Once we start down a road to diminished value of life we are entering a dark land. How long before we decided to starve babies that have non-perfect bodies? How long before we starve elderly patients that are bedridden? If we so strongly beleive that Terri's death is the right thing to do then why is she being starved to death? Why not just shoot her or inject her with poison? Why not let her die on an operating table as they harvest her transplantable organs? I guess that would reek of murder (or at least an execution). Read more of my thoughts here.

I do know this - Terri is in the news because her parents love her and some politicians believe life is worth fighting for even if the law says otherwise. And which choice is really in Terri's best interest? God only know. One thing I'm sure of - if I am going to err I want it to be on the side of life not death. You never know when a miracle will occur.