She died 15 years ago, let the meat rest.

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Yes, this is a Terry Schiavo post. Thanks to the media blitz, I know far more about the case than I really cared to. I know that bulimia led to the brain damage. I know that her husband spent eight years trying in vain to find a cure before giving up and starting the long road to pulling the plug. I know that she's lost so much higher-function brain tissue that gerbils can outsmart her. And I already knew that most people fear death so much that they'll fight to the last breath to avoid any implication that it might not be worth keeping a vegetative person alive.

There's no "there" there. Hasn't been for fifteen years. This isn't a case of a functioning mind being trapped in a non-functioning body. Let the shell go already.