On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:15 PM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Boo-hoo... >> >> Here is what I was going for: 'Man up. You got dealt a shitty hand, >> now try to make something of it. Take a page out of Michael J Fox's >> book. Don't hide with/from your disease, but take the opportunity to >> bring more awareness of it. >> >> Instead, MJ chose to act like a fucking child and hide everything and >> be all mysterious. How vain is he? So fucking vain that he would >> rather people think he was having procedures done to lighten his skin >> than admit publicly that he had a disease. He thought it was better to >> be thought a freak because of what he chose to do, rather than think >> he had a disease he had no control over. > > > Uh........every time he was asked "Are you lightening your skin?" He > answered: "No, i have a disease that causes my skin to lighten."
Then he had the most amazing case of vitiligo I have ever seen to have his skin color be so perfect and uniform. > > The "procedure to lighten his skin" was a nasty rumor started by....who > knows....tabloids maybe. MJ fought this rumor from the get go...so I have NO > idea where your getting this particular rant from...??? See above. > > >> I have seen kids with _real_ disfiguring abilities who would walk down >> the street with their heads held higher than MJ ever did. > > > That's good, because I wouldn't want you to have to walk up to those kids, > should they struggle to deal with their appearance, and have to tell them > how "fucking vain" you think they are. I think you understand the point I was trying to make. He had an opportunity, as someone adored by so many, to shed some light on these diseases and become a role model for others afflicted with the diseases, and he chose not to. He chose to hide. That's a good lesson to teach kids, be embarrassed by that which you cannot control. It is well within his right to do so, but a bit cowardly in my opinion. > > -- > Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go > May lie a reason you were alive that you'll never know > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299784 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
