Erik,
Great response, politically, I concur with all that you say.
But I also know that for some reason lots of people with disabilities are
exactly like Reeve, why don't we use him to liberate others?
Now, however, I will play devil advocate on this question. Reeve has been
deprive of life on the margin like we all experienced, so its useless to
blame him for wanting to stay where he was and knows best. Think of it as
one who emigrates to a country that has drastically different values,
languages customs and geography. ( imagine, a country, a lot like Vic
Finkelstein, tale in "Revolution". Unlike me, Reeve knows, what he thinks
is a better life. Unlike those of you who emigrated into disability, he has
not been exposed to disability as an OK life, and probably is supported in
someway by the scientific community, in any case he is representative of
many those individual who have not experienced that livening his life can
be just OK as he is. Lots of people(1st generation emigrants who emigrate
still long for their country of birth (on a cold day, like today, I sure
wish I was in southern Italy) I guess I'm saying he-Reeve- is representative
of a group of 'allies' that we have not reached, we should try?
Maria
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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:11 AM
Subject: REEVE IN AUSTRALIA
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> http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/2003/Jan03/Leipolt_et_al.htm
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> Erik Leipoldt
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