tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post2899795160125377422..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Montana, Suicide and Disabilitywilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-7328669157958025182011-06-28T01:09:27.649-07:002011-06-28T01:09:27.649-07:00Oh I get that, I am also registered as legally Dea...Oh I get that, I am also registered as legally Deafblind in New Zealand and I get the "Oh I would rather be blind then deaf" as well as the wheelchair comments, I think next time I will say "I would much rather be disabled then ignorant and uneducated"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-9643524771280094102009-09-01T19:01:31.183-07:002009-09-01T19:01:31.183-07:00Hm.
Well, to me, it's all of a piece: if hum...Hm.<br /><br />Well, to me, it's all of a piece: if human life is of value, then it's of value from beginning to end. It's not like we're puppies or kittens before we're born. I have an internet friend who has a baby with Down syndrome. She reported on her blog that a couple who were friends of her husband's came to visit when he was very small. The wife is an OBGYN and she held that sweet baby on her lap and asked three times if they had not done testing b/c women don't have to have babies like that and in her practice they don't - basically saying that he should have been aborted, even as she was holding and cuddling him. My friend in telling that woman to shut up after the third time was a lot nicer than I would have been.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-34719479361955253832009-09-01T18:38:08.092-07:002009-09-01T18:38:08.092-07:00Laura, I get the "I'd rather be dead"...Laura, I get the "I'd rather be dead" comment about 5 or 6 times year. This always leaves me speechless. How does one reply to such a thoughtless comment? I worry though that these people are among the few willing or dumb enough to express what they are thinking.<br />I comment on assisted suicide from time to time. However I cannot become allies with right to lifers and right wingers that embrace the right to life debate. As for Reeve, I have made my feelings clear elsewhere. He was a self centered, egotistical and wealthy man that did not give a damn about anyone but himself. His quest for a cure to the exclusion of all other issues set back disability a decade or more. The fact we lived close to one another, less than 3 miles, is ironic.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-55163387488638534462009-09-01T16:38:56.258-07:002009-09-01T16:38:56.258-07:00A few have told me directly "I would rather b...<b>A few have told me directly "I would rather be dead than in a wheelchair".</b><br /><br />I am utterly stunned sometimes by what people will let pass their lips.<br /><br />Also, not so sure that they know what they're saying. I have read, and had confirmed to me by an ER nurse, that it's not uncommon for old folks with living wills and DNRs to show up at the emergency room telling their doctors, "I want everything! Do everything for me!"<br /><br />And also part II - when Christopher Reeve or his self-appointed spokespeople were griping about the pro-lifers who were not wanting to do embryonic stem cell research, I thought at the time that the day might come when pro-lifers would be the best friends he had. It's not politics that make strange bedfellows sometimes, it's harsh reality.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.com