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To: skinowski who wrote (184372)10/28/2006 11:13:12 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793731
 
MJF is being accused of - in effect - exaggerating his suffering in order to influence the outcome of a political election.

I didn't think he was accused of exaggerating his condition but rather of removing the mask for the purpose of displaying the truth of it.

Certainly if he were exaggerating it, which he could possibly be if he were acting rather than merely off his meds, if he were showing something worse than Parkinson's actually is for those who are afflicted, then I would agree that that matters and is wrong. But I didn't see that challenge, only the challenge that he was revealing what actually was. Would a person removing her girdle for an obesity ad be exaggerating or a burn patient removing hes makeup? Don't think so. Just telling it like it is.

Let's say, an insulin-dependent diabetic stops taking insulin.

Dunno about the analogy. Insulin simply replaces a natural substance that the body doesn't produce. It's more like blood doping than medicine--alien chemicals with complexity and side effects.
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