And possibly worth more than a lot of people who never bother to grapple
with serious ideas and problems. What is life about? Where I live there are
many people who literally think it is about catching the biggest wave and
who act very macho. I far prefer people less physically oriented who think
more. There is no question that my 7 year old grandson is more sensitive
and aware of others than many of his peers. The 9 year old neighborhood
bully who thinks it's fun to push him over is one I can think of. Case is
going to contribute as an adult much more to humanity and solving world
problems than others who do not know what suffering means.
On this list I read the thoughts of a group of very sensitive and aware
individuals
Oh recently Case asked me not to kill a cockroach cause it is one of gods
living creatures. Anyone got a good answer for this cause in Hawaii we call
these sewer roaches B52's. Much as I love Case I am going to kill these
things.


At 09:52 AM 12/9/2005, you wrote:
>i think all of us at one time or other had to come to
>the point that we said, "i am a person worth as much
>as anyone else!" i think i was in the 7th or eighth
>grade when i hit that point. i could go to my home
>town and got and stand on the very spot where i stood
>when i reached that conclusion.
>
>--- Rayna <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Kat,
> >
> > I've heard about this case here and there over the
> > last couple of years,
> > and I also find it very disturbing.  Although having
> > said that, even
> > though our public health care system seems better
> > than the US, it is
> > still very difficult to get appropriate, and enough
> > care and assistance
> > for people with severe disabilities - not enough
> > resourses to go around,
> > so I can understand the family's desire for more
> > money to provide for
> > all the supports that this young woman will need.
> > But, I think that
> > suing the doctor isn't the way to go about it - the
> > gov't and society
> > in general need to be held accountable for the lack
> > of access and
> > support that is a result of the discrimination and
> > devaluing of PWD.  I
> > have *huge* problems with the mother's attitude, and
> > the fact that she
> > has essentially gone public in saying that she
> > wishes her daughter
> > hadn't been born can't be good for her daughter, and
> > it isn't good for
> > children and young adults with disabilities who
> > haven't yet been given
> > the chance to see the damage society's prejudices do
> > to hear this in the
> > media.  At one point in my own life, I would have
> > agreed that having a
> > disability makes you worth less - that's how
> > brainwashed I was, and
> > reading an article like this then would have
> > reinforced that feeling.
> > Thankfully I was able to throw off that thinking,
> > but it is very hard,
> > with things like this happening.
> >
> > A distasteful situation all round.
> >
> > Rayna
> > (very late in responding to this...)
> >
> >
> > [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > >Rayna, do you know anything about this case? She
> > seems to be in Sydney.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >http://www.courttv.com/news/2005/1110/harriton_ctv.html
> > >
> > >This bothers me on so many levels, I can't even
> > begin.
> > >
> > >Kat
> > >
> >
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