Originally posted by Davo:
Michael was addressing dehydration and starvation in general, so the pope still qualifies for that peaceful and pleasant death. My point is not that the pope should be starved, but that Michael Schiavo was saying something ridiculous in an attempt to sensitize the public to his wife's horrifying circumstance.
I'll have to consult my bookshelves to see if the cerebral cortex is the only source of pleasure and pain. My memory of my biopsychological training hints otherwise, but I'm uncertain.
Damn dude - she has no cerebral cortex left. You could let rabid wallabees trample her to death and she would still die peacefully!
The pain signals may still be present, but there is just nothing there to process them. Remember pain is just a very very very small electrical impulse going to the brain - it's the brains processing that makes it hurt.
Does Terry feel pain
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