If you were brain dead, would you want to be kept alive by a ventilator? Why or why not?

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Whoever wrote this question doesn't know what they're talking about. "Brain dead" means that your brain is no longer functioning, an can't be restarted. If a brain dead person is on a ventilator, it mean that they're trying to keep their organs fresh for harvesting. Now, if I were in a coma, I would want to be kept alive, in case I recover. I always think that living is better than not living, and if you say "well, before that equipment was invented I would have died anyway," then I'd better never see you getting a vaccination, or going to the hospital for any reason, or wearing protective gear when doing something, or drinking sanitary water, et cetera. But no-one, save for this question writer, is saying that brain dead people are alive, because you are your brain--the body just lets you interact with the world.
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