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Uschi said:
Actually Uschi, it wouldn't be torture to ANYONE.

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According to medical experts, when a feeding tube is removed, it is standard procedure to start a patient on morphine. The extent of Schiavo's brain damage means she is not conscious of pain, but the customary procedure would probably be followed anyway, the experts said.




How can it be torture if she isn't conscious of pain.

I didn't know [about the] drip.




Actually, the drip wasn't the point either. The morphine drip is just procedural.
The point is that due to the extent of her brain damage, she is oblivious to pain and suffering, hunger or thirst.


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