I find this whole Terri Schiavo business extremely boring

The somewhat perturbing point for me is: why have liberals been backed into defending the position that we must, must, MUST not feed a hopeless vegetable? What kind of party platform is "We will station guards outside a hospice room door to make sure no one administers hopeless medical care to an empty husk of a former human being"? Who cares?

I sort of view feeding your vegetable like having an expensive pet that will never love you back but somehow gives you pleasure -- like maintaining a very exclusive tropical fish.

Sure, you might question the wisdom of someone spending all their time and money on their tropical fish, but hey, that's the pursuit of happiness. Cool. If you want to take care of it, go for it. That's a hobby.

I suppose we might want some laws about taking care of vegetables -- kind of like how, technically, I think animal welfare laws would prohibit you from abusing your exclusive tropical fish. So, don't take your vegetable home and beat it with sticks. Just make it some soup. Oh, wait -- it can't eat soup. Well, read it a book. At least it'll help keep you from getting Alzheimer's. Reading is for everyone.