03/21/2005: "Watching Terri's videos and listening to Terri 'speak'"

This weekend I finally got around to watching the various videos of Terri that were passed around the Internet in 2003. I also got the chance to hear Terri "speak" today from the audio from Friday.

While I think that these videos clearly show a human being worth being protected, I don't think they conclusively "prove" she's not PVS. In fact, I think that they will only prove whatever you already believe. If you believe that she's a blob, then she's going to look like a blog to you. If you believe she's a human being worth saving, the videos are only going to re-enforce that.

In fact, I'm worried that these videos only send the wrong message. In some twisted way they re-enforce the notion that "Quality of life" is all that matters. In some sense it is saying, "See! Look, she's got a life 'worth living'! Save her!" Isn't that in some way an implicit endorsement of the "Quality of life" philosophy? Wouldn't it be more important to argue against "Quality of life"?