right to die

the brain-damaged women finally got her feeding tube removed, it took a long time to finally fulfill her own death wish: not to live artificially. when our loved ones are dying, they are living for us, it's a selfish request to have them linger for a life they no longer want, but to us, as long as they are there, with their heart beating, they are still alive. this deep denial comforts our own conscience, we call it love, a selfish love that only prolongs their miseries.