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To: Hildy; Max7; Cogadh na Sith; Zechariah11
Who are we to say "YOU MUST TRIUMPH OVER YOUR DISABLITY?"...I don't think I know better than the next guy.

I think we'd agree on that.

And you obviously do not know better than doctors and nurses and therapists and clergy who work with the disabled ever day of their lives.

It is human nature to be overwhelmed by such terrible injuries. Most anyone who's lost the use of their arms and/or legs is suicidal AT FIRST.

But with help and guidance (which the female boxer HAD in MDB) these people get past their depression and find meaning in their lives again.

I respect people too much.

No, you don't. If you did, you would spend some time helping people get through whatever pain life has brought to them, instead of imagining that killing them is laudable.

You need to get some real-life experience here. Talk to a disabled person and see if their views have changed from the time of the accident to now.

Look them in the face and tell them just what you've said here.

468 posted on 02/10/2005 1:54:27 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Why are you lumping everyone together? I'm just saying that if somebody wants to die ... not live in the situation they are in, they should have the ability to make that decision for themselves. You obviously don't understand the meaning of respect, so we're through.


469 posted on 02/10/2005 3:18:20 PM PST by Hildy ( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
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