QCH
12 Oct 2004, 7:31pm
I am a fan of Ctrl+Alt+Del (http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com) comic strip... Absath (the author of Ctrl+Alt+Del) mentioned "The man of Steel" and that he was sad to see him go. He received an email blasting Christopher Reeve and Absath posted the email, encluding the email address of the guy emailed him the following:
Philip Nguyen,
I consider the right of free speech an important amendment. I believe
everyone has the right to an opinion regardless of the validity of
that opinion. As for the specific opinion you have regarding the late
Mr. Christopher Reeve... I believe that many people see research
donations like a moral necessity but most do not donate to any causes.
Those that have tragedy befall themselves or to someone close, that
makes the realism of the cause come to life.
Mr. Reeves is no different that many others... He was afflicted and he
just wanted to die. He battled from that and started looking for a
cure to his injury and found none. A really good person would have
been donating to the cause before but which one to donate for?
Cancer, Aids, Eating disorders? What Mr. Reeves did was bring a face
to spinal cord research. Yes it was self motivated, but all the
better for the others that were not on the front page.
If I were to become afflicted by some disease, I would research the
subject to find out as much as possible. If there was nothing out
there, I would start looking harder, ask more doctors, email research
hospitals... I wouldn't want to die, I'd want to fight. I owe it to
my wife, my kids, and they're future kids too. Mr. Reeves just had
more money and was willing to put it to good use. More has been done
for spinal cord research in the past 10 years than ever before. He
helped lead the way. This is good for all mankind.
In conclusion, I really hope you, or someone you love, never gets
inflicted with a serious disease or injury. But if that does happen,
I bet you will become more interested in that affliction and you will
understand Christopher Reeves' drive towards spinal cord research.
Quinton Healy
Philip Nguyen,
I consider the right of free speech an important amendment. I believe
everyone has the right to an opinion regardless of the validity of
that opinion. As for the specific opinion you have regarding the late
Mr. Christopher Reeve... I believe that many people see research
donations like a moral necessity but most do not donate to any causes.
Those that have tragedy befall themselves or to someone close, that
makes the realism of the cause come to life.
Mr. Reeves is no different that many others... He was afflicted and he
just wanted to die. He battled from that and started looking for a
cure to his injury and found none. A really good person would have
been donating to the cause before but which one to donate for?
Cancer, Aids, Eating disorders? What Mr. Reeves did was bring a face
to spinal cord research. Yes it was self motivated, but all the
better for the others that were not on the front page.
If I were to become afflicted by some disease, I would research the
subject to find out as much as possible. If there was nothing out
there, I would start looking harder, ask more doctors, email research
hospitals... I wouldn't want to die, I'd want to fight. I owe it to
my wife, my kids, and they're future kids too. Mr. Reeves just had
more money and was willing to put it to good use. More has been done
for spinal cord research in the past 10 years than ever before. He
helped lead the way. This is good for all mankind.
In conclusion, I really hope you, or someone you love, never gets
inflicted with a serious disease or injury. But if that does happen,
I bet you will become more interested in that affliction and you will
understand Christopher Reeves' drive towards spinal cord research.
Quinton Healy