[Publius6961]

Sorry Dasher, but compassion, when demanded, is simply a disguised attempt at coercion, no matter how well intended.
And an infirmity seems to bring out the worst in some people, and gives them a sense of onmipotence and arrogance towards the "normal" which explains my initial support for ADA when first proposed, and my present total contempt for it.

Politics and do-goodism and serious illnesses simply do not mix well.

[Woman on Caroline Street]

Sorry, Pubes, but if Teri was so hell bent on demanding compassion in an effort to fuel her views, she might have said something in 1983, when she was first diagnosed.

And I'm curious to see what some of the posters on this thread actually look like. Actually, I DO know what some look like, and their fatness can't be attributed to anything other than sheer gluttony.

Also, I saw her about a month ago on one of the morning shows when she mentioned her book and her illness. Politics never came up. So your "but compassion, when demanded, is simply a disguised attempt at coercion, no matter how well intended." statement holds no water.