[T'wit]

The lady was left deaf and blind by an illness in infancy. If the ACLU or the Michael Schiavo crowd had been around, she would have been quickly put to death -- because she would have wanted to die, you understand. A child like that would not have any "quality of life!" Fortunately, the likes of Greer and Felos weren't even born yet. Instead, Helen Keller was loved, and lovingly helped, and in time she conquered her terrible handicaps to become an inspiration to the whole world.

>> "The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers." ---Helen Keller

[wagglebee]

I often think of Helen Keller when I hear these people talking about "life not worth living." I met someone once who actually knew Helen Keller and she said that when Keller went somewhere the effect on the assembled crowd was incredible, everyone immediately understood that they were in the presence of a truly remarkable human being.