Schiavo - America held hostage - Day ??

In the Terri Schiavo case, so-called religious “supporters” constantly try to compare the removal of the feeding tube to how humans treat their pets. Speaker after speaker goes before television cameras (which is REALLY the ultimate goal – face time on FOX) and states how cruel it is to “starve this woman to death. We don’t do that to our pets.”
Correct. We don’t. We put them to sleep to avoid such pain.
However, when a human tries to help people, with all their faculties, do the same thing – be put to sleep to avoid massive pain in the immediate future – our society places those helpers in prison.
So are these people of faith actually advocating euthanasia as an acceptable means to deal with a case like Schiavo’s?
Because one cannot have it BOTH ways ALWAYS. If life is truly sacred, then there can be no death penalty, right? Rational people know the truth is different.
And speaking of irrational people, what is this nonsense about Schiavo being “misdiagnosed” as referenced by Gov. Jed Bush on Wednesday? When do these off-the-wall, 11th hour, last-second, out-of-the-blue statements come from? And why do SO many people believe them?
Because they merely WANT them to be true. Facts have never stood in the way of a good story.