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To: LauraleeBraswell
Million Dollar baby is about Euthanasia- BUt only if someone REALLY REALLY NEEDS IT

You're being ironic with that statement, right?

Just in case you're not, I want to make sure nobody thinks that quadraplegia is a condition that makes someone REALLY REALLY NEED euthanasia.

My neighbor two blocks down the street is quadraplegic. Just out of high school, he went to work as a housepainter. Then, you guessed it, he fell off a ladder and became completely paralyzed.

He worked hard in rehab and eventually got back enough use of his hands to be able to operate his own power wheelchair.

He married and had two beautiful children -- after being paralyzed.

He ran for election to the local school board, successfully, and has held that post for several years now. He also organizes sports events for handicapped children, and brings in celebrities for fundraising for charitable groups.

Today I see him all the time, tooling around the neighborhood in his power chair. He also drives his girls to school in a specially configured van.

All the quadraplegics I've ever met are happy to be alive.

142 posted on 02/08/2005 6:00:12 AM PST by shhrubbery!
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To: shhrubbery!
I used to think euthanasia might be understandable in my callous college days. Then I met a quadriplegic getting his PhD who asked me if I thought he'd be "better off dead."

"Million Dollar Baby" is a swindle. It's a satanic, vile movie that Eastwood should be ashamed to have had anything to do with.

My family saw the movie after reading the early reviews that said it was "uplifting and spiritual."

Instead, we left the theater disgusted and depressed, once again confronted by the fact that the world can be sicker than we ever imagine.

150 posted on 02/08/2005 9:54:33 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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