Death of Terri Schiavo

Madam, - Terri Schiavo was apparently incapable of conscious will or action, and so a key abuse of language needs to be corrected: this was not a "right to die" case, it was a right to kill case. Terri Schiavo was not "allowed to die", she was allowed to be killed. - Yours, etc.,

ANTHONY QUINN, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

Madam, - You quote President Bush as saying that Terri Schiavo's memory should be honoured by working "to build a culture of life".

Perhaps he could start this work by abolishing the death penalty? - Yours, etc.,

STEVEN McCARTHY, Silkenvale, Maynooth, Co Kildare.