The Terri Schiavo Case

In our G&T class, we recently went over what happened to Terri Schiavo, and if it was right to take her off life support. Personally, I believe that it was the right call, but how they did it was all wrong. According to Wiki, her husband was abusive and had wanted her to die.  Personally, If all you could do was sit in a hospital and vegetate, literally, then I believe that at that point, life has no meaning anymore. You are not the same person when you are almost brain dead.
Again, I will repeat that her best interest is to die. I do not mean to sound harsh. I believe most people would not want to continue living if they were in a vegetative state. Personally, I believe that life is meaningful because you can interact with others, have fun, and experience emotion. I also feel that felling sorrow would be better than no feeling at all. Life is fun because we suffer, and pick ourselves back up again, time after time. Also; the satisfaction that everyone derives from winning is another example. Both show the human drive to be the best, and to never be defeated. That is called hope and willpower. Once you take that away, there is little left to live for. Terri should have been spared misery and been allowed to have the chance to pass on as soon as they found out that she would never be able to do anything again. 
However, there is no doubt that she is still alive. She does not have a reason to keep living, but she is not dead. If she was dead, I would not be writing this post and this would not have become a national issue. The term dead replies to something that no longer has any signs of life. However, she still ate, slept, and had a heart beat. And if you have those three things, you are alive.Even though she may be brain dead, she is not a lifeless sack of bones. There was still a spark of life, even though it may have been dull.  In my opinion, Terri was definitely alive.