Christopher Reeve Condolences

"Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > "Cori" <cmashieldscapting.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote
  > > The passing of a man who was both himself an author as well as the
  > > onscreen portrayer of many authors' fictional characters makes me
  > > very, very sad.
 >
 > What has any of this have to do with children's books?
 >
  > > Christopher Reeve had made such wonderful progress
  > > and I thought if anyone could find a cure for such an affliction as
  > > his, he could.
 >
 > Uh, he was an ACTOR (and a poor one), not a scientist. How on earth could
he
 > have found a cure?
 > SHEESH!
 >

Are you this hateful in real life?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 11 Oct 2004 01:55:08 -0700, cmashieldscapting.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com (Cori)
wrote:

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 >The passing of a man who was both himself an author as well as the
 >onscreen portrayer of many authors' fictional characters makes me
 >very, very sad. Christopher Reeve had made such wonderful progress
 >and I thought if anyone could find a cure for such an affliction as
 >his, he could. All of the very best thoughts and feelings to his
 >family and to his many loyal, devoted, wonderful, and supportive fans
 >around the world!

Spontaneous tribute: my first reaction on reading this news elsewhere
online was "Died? I didn't know he was sick." Yeah, he was what was
once called a basket case. Obviously. But he let it slow him down so
little that I'd gotten out of the habit of thinking of it as a
physical illness.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Warchild" <bob.TakeThisOut@bob.com> wrote in message
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 >
 > "Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
 > news:2svb5tF1q1c3mU1@uni-berlin.de...
  > > "Cori" <cmashieldscapting.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote
   > > > The passing of a man who was both himself an author as well as the
   > > > onscreen portrayer of many authors' fictional characters makes me
   > > > very, very sad.
  > >
  > > What has any of this have to do with children's books?
  > >
   > > > Christopher Reeve had made such wonderful progress
   > > > and I thought if anyone could find a cure for such an affliction as
   > > > his, he could.
  > >
  > > Uh, he was an ACTOR (and a poor one), not a scientist. How on earth
could
 > he
  > > have found a cure?
  > > SHEESH!
  > >
 >
 > Are you this hateful in real life?

Are you that stupid that you think an off topic message stating that an
acyor can cure his own disease is somehow appropriate for this group?
People die every day - that's life.
I didn't know the man and his death doesn't affect me one bit.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <2t002kF1ntmosU1 DeleteThis @uni-berlin.de>,
"Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

 > "Warchild" <bob DeleteThis @bob.com> wrote in message
 > news:cke4it$eiq1@cui1.lmms.lmco.com...
  > >
  > > "Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
  > > news:2svb5tF1q1c3mU1@uni-berlin.de...
   > > > "Cori" <cmashieldscapting DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote
   > > > > The passing of a man who was both himself an author as well as the
   > > > > onscreen portrayer of many authors' fictional characters makes me
   > > > > very, very sad.
   > > >
   > > > What has any of this have to do with children's books?
   > > >
   > > > > Christopher Reeve had made such wonderful progress
   > > > > and I thought if anyone could find a cure for such an affliction as
   > > > > his, he could.
   > > >
   > > > Uh, he was an ACTOR (and a poor one), not a scientist. How on earth
 > could
  > > he
   > > > have found a cure?
   > > > SHEESH!
   > > >
  > >
  > > Are you this hateful in real life?
 >
 > Are you that stupid that you think an off topic message stating that an
 > acyor can cure his own disease is somehow appropriate for this group?
 > People die every day - that's life.
 > I didn't know the man and his death doesn't affect me one bit.

So you are this hateful in real life. Here's hoping that you don't get
in an accident and become a paraplegic.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 > So you are this hateful in real life. Here's hoping that you don't get
 > in an accident and become a paraplegic.

So you reall ARE that stupid.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Louann Miller <louann_m RemoveThis @yahoo.net> wrote in message news:<qb7lm0hh8j16qr8ot3i9nccau3o91om7oe RemoveThis @4ax.com>...
 > On 11 Oct 2004 01:55:08 -0700, cmashieldscapting RemoveThis @hotmail.com (Cori)
 > wrote:

 >
 > Spontaneous tribute: my first reaction on reading this news elsewhere
 > online was "Died? I didn't know he was sick." Yeah, he was what was
 > once called a basket case. Obviously.
^^^^^^^^^^^

At first I didn't understand what you meant by "basket case" (I'm used
to it meaning "hopelessly mad") but dictionary.com says it's also an
offensive term for a four-limb amputee (which Reeve was not but for
all intents he might as well have been). I'm now interested in the
origin of that expression. Ideas anyone?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Louann Miller <louann_m.RemoveThis@yahoo.net> wrote in message news:

 > Spontaneous tribute: my first reaction on reading this news elsewhere
 > online was "Died? I didn't know he was sick." Yeah, he was what was
 > once called a basket case. Obviously. But he let it slow him down so
 > little that I'd gotten out of the habit of thinking of it as a
 > physical illness.

It took a medical team of four experts to keep him alive for his trip
across country to the Academy Awards a few years ago, but he made it.
His condition had improved a bit since then, but was still very grave.
What I meant by finding a cure was he was not a doctor or scientist
but a very, very active patient and activist in investigating and
developing treatments. He will certainly be remembered and revered
regardless of how far down the road a cure may be.

Cori<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 >
  > > So you are this hateful in real life. Here's hoping that you don't get
  > > in an accident and become a paraplegic.
 >
 > So you reall ARE that stupid.
 >
 >

'I know you are but what am I?' That's some retort you got there, jackass.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 12 Oct 2004 08:22:38 -0700, preacher_mg.RemoveThis@hotmail.com (Michael
Grosberg) wrote:

 >Louann Miller <louann_m.RemoveThis@yahoo.net> wrote in message news:<qb7lm0hh8j16qr8ot3i9nccau3o91om7oe.RemoveThis@4ax.com>...
  >> On 11 Oct 2004 01:55:08 -0700, cmashieldscapting.RemoveThis@hotmail.com (Cori)
  >> wrote:
 >
  >>
  >> Spontaneous tribute: my first reaction on reading this news elsewhere
  >> online was "Died? I didn't know he was sick." Yeah, he was what was
  >> once called a basket case. Obviously.
 > ^^^^^^^^^^^
 >
 >At first I didn't understand what you meant by "basket case" (I'm used
 >to it meaning "hopelessly mad") but dictionary.com says it's also an
 >offensive term for a four-limb amputee (which Reeve was not but for
 >all intents he might as well have been). I'm now interested in the
 >origin of that expression. Ideas anyone?

I've always understood that the second definition simply referred to
the amputee's having to be "carried around in a basket."

--
Bill Snyder [This space unintentionally left blank.]<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 12 Oct 2004 08:22:38 -0700, preacher_mg DeleteThis @hotmail.com (Michael
Grosberg) wrote:

 >Louann Miller <louann_m DeleteThis @yahoo.net> wrote in message news:<qb7lm0hh8j16qr8ot3i9nccau3o91om7oe DeleteThis @4ax.com>...
  >> On 11 Oct 2004 01:55:08 -0700, cmashieldscapting DeleteThis @hotmail.com (Cori)
  >> wrote:
 >
  >>
  >> Spontaneous tribute: my first reaction on reading this news elsewhere
  >> online was "Died? I didn't know he was sick." Yeah, he was what was
  >> once called a basket case. Obviously.
 > ^^^^^^^^^^^
 >
 >At first I didn't understand what you meant by "basket case" (I'm used
 >to it meaning "hopelessly mad") but dictionary.com says it's also an
 >offensive term for a four-limb amputee (which Reeve was not but for
 >all intents he might as well have been).

I think you're right and I was in error to use the expression for a
patient with attached but non-working limbs.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 12 Oct 2004 09:28:08 -0700, cmashieldscapting DeleteThis @hotmail.com (Cori)
wrote:

 > What I meant by finding a cure was he was not a doctor or scientist
 >but a very, very active patient and activist in investigating and
 >developing treatments.

Certainly, and I think most people understood what you meant.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<2t1rqnF1qd664U1 RemoveThis @uni-berlin.de>...
  > > So you are this hateful in real life. Here's hoping that you don't get
  > > in an accident and become a paraplegic.
 >
 > So you reall ARE that stupid.

You poor thing. Your one (main, obvious) problem seems to be hatred
and hostility to others in general. To read about some REAL problems,
check this out: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=10mm2cc7jt0qc7a%40corp.supernews.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26q%3Dalt.tv.emergency%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch%26meta%3D" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=10mm2cc...0qc7a%4</a>
Maybe the FBI will read some of your opinions and turn its attentions
on YOU! (Sic 'em!)

Cori<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Cori wrote:
> "Bob F." <FsWpDaImXON.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<2t1rqnF1qd664U1.RemoveThis@uni-berlin.de>...
>
>>>So you are this hateful in real life. Here's hoping that you don't get
>>>in an accident and become a paraplegic.
>>
>>So you reall ARE that stupid.
>
>
> You poor thing. Your one (main, obvious) problem seems to be hatred
> and hostility to others in general. To read about some REAL problems,
> check this out:

We on RABC are quite familiar with "real problems" by now, Cori--
Please stop posting.

Derek Janssen (how'd we get STUCK with her in the first place, anyway??)
djanss.RemoveThis@charter.net
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