"I am crippled. It’s just a fact of my life, and you need to get over it. Political correctness is around to make the Able Bodies more comfortable with the idea of me — it’s not for me. If you really cared about what I thought and wanted to treat me like a person, then you wouldn’t make movies about how the nicest thing I could do for my family would be to off myself. You should be ashamed of yourselves."
Too insightful. Too perfect. Too error-free. Too well organized. Too perfectly well-keyed to aggression. Too encompassing of elaborated adult concerns. And we do dislike it when liberal adults put their adult words directly into the mouths of children. That's not nice.
I am not questioning a young girl having advanced thoughts in this area by living it. No. I'm saying it's too perfect. It hits my chimes too perfectly. I like children a lot and acknowledge they are terribly clever but these are adult ideas expressed as adult do, and in this case an aggressive adult.
Apologies for being so cynical. And if this is authentic and truly unadulterated and not manipulation upon all of us, then *high fives* you're fierce.
I have a lot to say on this issue, and my experience is similar in ways, and what I have on it comes out completely differently than this. To me, this actually sounds like the words that a non-handicapped imagines a handicapped might feel, but might need some help in expressing. So they do. Enlist such a handicapped person with similar views and fill it all out for them. That's what the screed sounds like to me.
April, I took a PC class when I went back to college in the 90's to get my teaching license. 90% of the class was horseshit. But, a wheelchair bound guy[motorcycle accident] came in to speak. He was great. He taught us how to act around "cripples." He, and many call themselves "cripples." They despise all the PC terms. He hated Jerry Lewis, understandable on many levels. He made an interesting point. He said all cultures have their own food culture. Well, up until the 80's cripples didn't have one. Then came drive thru and delivery. He said the cripple culture loved when that came into existence and they have a strong grapevine about new restaurants offering "cripple cuisine." One point he made. He said, never assume someone in a chair needs help. But, always ask if they look like holding a door, pushing up an incline, etc. looks to be a problem. He said you might run into an asshole, but most will be appreciative you ask if the cripple needs help, and not just assume it. My experience following his advice the last couple decades has been positive.
Perfectly said, however, like Chip I think that the writing is much too elegant and well composed to have been written by and 11 year old. The sentiments are probably hers, but I sincerely doubt the writing is.
That being said, I don't judge someone harshly who decides to end their life because they are in physical pain or other issues. I don't think they should, but it isn't my call. I don't think I would take that 'out', but who knows.....maybe I would. A life of unending pain, terminal cancer (like my Aunt), prolonging your life and leaving your family destitute because of the costs; I might consider it. A life of just being depressed......Snap out of it!!!!!
I do judge someone harshly who decides to take themselves "out" and takes others with them. Kill yourself. Don't jump out of that building and squash some innocent person. Drive head on into traffic causing death and injury to others. AND....don't leave a mess, like my Uncle did by shooting yourself in the head and doing a shit job of it leaving everyone to deal with half dead body and chaos for months and months and months until you finally, mercifully die. (Sounds cold doesn't it? You deal with this and see how you feel)
The issue is that we can't and should NOT make that decision for someone or encourage them to end their lives. We certainly shouldn't make it a government policy to end the lives of those who are inconvenienced or who inconvenience us.
I suggest read the book first, then comment on how horrible it is. I enjoyed Me Before You. (*oh no- mind crime. Must submit to the mind-crime pile on.) I like how the author of the article linked admits "I never read the book, but..."
yeah great.
Me Before You is a love story.
Most book-to-movie hollywood productions are predictably insufficient. The movie time-limit removes details and leaves them on the cutting room floor and often context is twisted and replaced with a separate agenda. Nothing new.
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a democrat?
Back to the book that is so offensive-- The main character was in a nasty car crash that placed him in bed most of the time and in various states of pain. He hated his life despite everyone around him bending over backwards to help him.
back to the link:
"My mom says this isn’t the first movie where a handicapped person had to die for being paralyzed. -
"had to die?"
Red Herring. Nobody "had to die." He wanted out of a life of pain, despite everyone around him wanting him to live.
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"I am crippled. It’s just a fact of my life, and you need to get over it. Political correctness is around to make the Able Bodies more comfortable with the idea of me — it’s not for me. If you really cared about what I thought and wanted to treat me like a person, then you wouldn’t make movies about how the nicest thing I could do for my family would be to off myself. You should be ashamed of yourselves."
A really insightful 11 year old.
Too insightful. Too perfect. Too error-free. Too well organized. Too perfectly well-keyed to aggression. Too encompassing of elaborated adult concerns. And we do dislike it when liberal adults put their adult words directly into the mouths of children. That's not nice.
I am not questioning a young girl having advanced thoughts in this area by living it. No. I'm saying it's too perfect. It hits my chimes too perfectly. I like children a lot and acknowledge they are terribly clever but these are adult ideas expressed as adult do, and in this case an aggressive adult.
Apologies for being so cynical. And if this is authentic and truly unadulterated and not manipulation upon all of us, then *high fives* you're fierce.
I have a lot to say on this issue, and my experience is similar in ways, and what I have on it comes out completely differently than this. To me, this actually sounds like the words that a non-handicapped imagines a handicapped might feel, but might need some help in expressing. So they do. Enlist such a handicapped person with similar views and fill it all out for them. That's what the screed sounds like to me.
Trump are being violently attacked after a rally in San Jose...
https://twitter.com/pzf/status/738579546216095745
Trump supporters I meant to say. Using the phone.
Out of the mouth of babes.
Lem said...
Trump are being violently attacked after a rally in San Jose...
https://twitter.com/pzf/status/738579546216095745
Leftist thuggery knows no bounds. I'm serious when I say that it's really time to start eliminating these people.
Is that a rhetorical question?
I have another - why are you responding to your own comments?
April, I took a PC class when I went back to college in the 90's to get my teaching license. 90% of the class was horseshit. But, a wheelchair bound guy[motorcycle accident] came in to speak. He was great. He taught us how to act around "cripples." He, and many call themselves "cripples." They despise all the PC terms. He hated Jerry Lewis, understandable on many levels. He made an interesting point. He said all cultures have their own food culture. Well, up until the 80's cripples didn't have one. Then came drive thru and delivery. He said the cripple culture loved when that came into existence and they have a strong grapevine about new restaurants offering "cripple cuisine." One point he made. He said, never assume someone in a chair needs help. But, always ask if they look like holding a door, pushing up an incline, etc. looks to be a problem. He said you might run into an asshole, but most will be appreciative you ask if the cripple needs help, and not just assume it. My experience following his advice the last couple decades has been positive.
ND - A politically correct class? So, you went to college.
(*wink*)
Perfectly said, however, like Chip I think that the writing is much too elegant and well composed to have been written by and 11 year old. The sentiments are probably hers, but I sincerely doubt the writing is.
That being said, I don't judge someone harshly who decides to end their life because they are in physical pain or other issues. I don't think they should, but it isn't my call. I don't think I would take that 'out', but who knows.....maybe I would. A life of unending pain, terminal cancer (like my Aunt), prolonging your life and leaving your family destitute because of the costs; I might consider it. A life of just being depressed......Snap out of it!!!!!
I do judge someone harshly who decides to take themselves "out" and takes others with them. Kill yourself. Don't jump out of that building and squash some innocent person. Drive head on into traffic causing death and injury to others. AND....don't leave a mess, like my Uncle did by shooting yourself in the head and doing a shit job of it leaving everyone to deal with half dead body and chaos for months and months and months until you finally, mercifully die. (Sounds cold doesn't it? You deal with this and see how you feel)
The issue is that we can't and should NOT make that decision for someone or encourage them to end their lives. We certainly shouldn't make it a government policy to end the lives of those who are inconvenienced or who inconvenience us.
I suggest read the book first, then comment on how horrible it is.
I enjoyed Me Before You. (*oh no- mind crime. Must submit to the mind-crime pile on.) I like how the author of the article linked admits "I never read the book, but..."
yeah great.
Me Before You is a love story.
Most book-to-movie hollywood productions are predictably insufficient. The movie time-limit removes details and leaves them on the cutting room floor and often context is twisted and replaced with a separate agenda. Nothing new.
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a democrat?
Back to the book that is so offensive--
The main character was in a nasty car crash that placed him in bed most of the time and in various states of pain. He hated his life despite everyone around him bending over backwards to help him.
back to the link:
"My mom says this isn’t the first movie where a handicapped person had to die for being paralyzed. -
"had to die?"
Red Herring. Nobody "had to die." He wanted out of a life of pain, despite everyone around him wanting him to live.
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