Question to Ponder

For those not thoroughly sick of the Terri Schiavo debate, particularly those who agree (as I do) that she would not want to be kept alive at this point in her life. NOTE: I am sick of the debate myself, as it seems many peopole on the two sides are becoming more diametrically entrenched and simply clubbing each other over the head with simplistic labels, and I don't foresee that stopping until she's dead. But that doesn't stop me from trying. So, this morning I saw this:

"The courts not only are refusing her tube feeding, but have ordered that no attempts be made to provide her water or food by mouth. Terri swallows her own saliva. Spoon feeding is not medical treatment. "This outrageous order proves that the courts are not merely permitting medical treatment to be withheld, it has ordered her to be made dead," Nader and Smith assert."

Given the source, I'm not vouching for the veracity. I've also heard conflicting sources about whether or not she can swallow simple liquids and liquid food. It would obviously dangerous for anyone other than medical personnel to even attempt such a procedure, and could in and of itself kill her. But assuming for a moment the release is accurate, does it change the analysis sufficiently to shift the essence of the order from "let her die" to "kill her"? If not, could we use the same analysis to advocate starving all basically brain dead individuals who did not require medical treatment (yep, the infamous slippery slope)? What if they'd said earlier that they would not want to live if they were mentally dead? Are we basically advocating euthanizing them?