tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post2681692841421104465..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: RAIMH AnnouncmentsDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-60408376006824036312011-11-23T22:31:25.575-05:002011-11-23T22:31:25.575-05:00We are all vulnerable, I'm afraid, because no ...We are all vulnerable, I'm afraid, because no one can predict who is next or when we will fall into the category of useless. It is scary to hear of any life being devalued like this and so blatantly, but it's been going on for a while, with the elderly being encouraged to slip away from life when it gets too much, in Europe, but who knows for whom it is "too much?"Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-28005201342221147162011-11-23T21:04:32.248-05:002011-11-23T21:04:32.248-05:00Does your post ever ring true! I know even with t...Does your post ever ring true! I know even with the talk of assisted suicide/ euthenasia, etc. in Canada (where Andrew and I live), it makes me wonder about the day when I may be incompacitated, and someone else can place value on my life, and I have no power whatsoever to say or do anything. I know our experience has been that the cost factors with helping an individual with disabilities is one main focus (not the needs of the individual). I don't like the idea of someone, someday deciding whether my "existence" is of value or not. The fact that "I am" should be enough. (regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, etc.)<br /><br />I'm glad that We ARE.<br /><br />~ Elizabeth & AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47920255505056854212011-11-23T02:34:17.134-05:002011-11-23T02:34:17.134-05:00Dear Dave,
just read your post on Canada.com.
It...Dear Dave,<br /><br />just read your post on Canada.com.<br /><br />It speaks directly out of my soul. It is what I experience in this society. All my fears kindled by the idea that if I do not "contribute" I am devalued. And sometimes even if I know how that feels devalue myself. <br /><br />Like being allowed to live on this planet without pain and suffering has a price-tag.<br /><br />It hurts. (Not your post, but knowing that I experience what you experience and knowing that others feel that way too...)<br /><br />JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com