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Originally posted by Davo:

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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:

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So (assuming a body would keep working without a brain at all) if I remove somebody's brain but keep their body alive with machines or whatever, is that life to you Davo? Think about it.

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You have your facts wrong. She was not brain dead. The only artificial assistance she had was a feeding tube, because the portion of her brain that would allow her to eat was mush. Her brain still functioned sufficiently to keep her heart beating and her lungs respirating, among other things. She was not on life support, which would make this debate slightly different.

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Ok she was "PART" brain dead. She couldn't feed herself, she couldn't move other then twitching and blinking. Yes her brain was able to keep her heart beating and lungs going. That's about it. She was brain dead and the debate doesn't change at all. She couldn't do anything other than have heart and lungs going (which yes technically is being alive, but barely and who wants to "live" like that) and after this long of a time would never be able to function again.

Tell me davo, what is your reasoning that someone should be kept "alive" on feeding tubes for longer than she was?