rickholio

You cling tenaciously to the whole concept of her 'starving to death' (which is incorrect, btw... she'll die of dehydration long before she malnourishes). This makes me curious: why are you so fixated on the starvation aspect? Have you ever known a day without food, let alone a week, a month?

During the poorest period in my life, I lost 70+ pounds in the span of 2 or 3 months due to lack of food, bottoming out at around 160lbs @ 6'2". I'm intimately familiar with exactly what changes (physical, mental and emotional) are involved and can speak with authority on exactly how it 'feels' to be starving to death.

I'm no medical professional. I can't speak to the accuracy of the forecasts of the specialists, the courts, or anyone else involved. What I can say is this:

- Starving hurts. A Lot. However;

- Starving would hurt a fuckload less than the unmitigated torture of being imprisioned in your own skull with no way to communicate to the outside world.

A merciful world would let this poor woman die with dignity. A KIND and merciful world would help her along with the timely applications of drugs. Sadly, in this reality a bunch of self-inflated asshats would rather use her as a political pinata. "Oo oo, lets keep beating on the schaivo thing and see how much candy falls out!"

As for the starvation thing, here's a little empirical knowledge experiment for you to try. Go live in the dingy, mouldy basement of a small 2 bedroom house and eat one bowl of raisin bran a day for a few months. When you come out the other end of that we can discuss how it worked out for you.