For those who want to see a fairly good movie about a quad, I thought Who's Driving Doug was good. Just saw it on Netflix. Not as good as The Intouchables, but that was based on a true story.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > Just let you know the movie is called Me before You. > > I choose not to watch movies about quads anyway. I live the life, so why > do I want to go to a movie and see more about that. That's just my personal > opinion. > > I'm in favor of death with dignity, but they're definitely should be > constraints so that mentally incompetent people are not putting other > people in a terrible position. Just my two cents. > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Jim Lubin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree Gail. >> >> I remember when when WA passed the Death with Dignity Act, i.e. >> assisted-suicide, I was contacted by a reporter who wanted my option as a >> ventilator dependent quadriplegic and assumed I was against it.The reporter >> said a person in my condition might be pressured to using it. I replied >> that I was in favor of the Act. I think people should have the right to >> decide. Also pointed out that the Act as signed into law in Washington >> state would never apply to me in my condition. For one, you must be >> suffering from a terminal disease and have less than six months to live, >> which I am not. If I did ever end up suffering from a terminal disease, I >> don't meet one of the other provisions that the patient must >> self-administer the medication, which I am unable to do. >> >> The reporter never replied to me. >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Gail Overton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The decision to live is a personal one, and humans should not be >>> criminalized for committing suicide if they choose. Everyone has different >>> levels of disability and deals with them differently. In the wild, injured >>> wolves are shunned by the pack. Humans say they are different, but should >>> they be? Not everyone has a great support system and living can be more >>> painful than dying in many cases. The right to death should be judged no >>> more than the right to life. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Lori Michaelson [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2016 5:53 PM >>> *To:* Ben Mattlin; quad-list >>> *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] quad movie-You Before Me >>> >>> >>> >>> The movie Whose Life Is It Anyway? [opened December 1981] starring >>> Richard Dreyfuss is another movie. I watched it several years ago and still >>> have it. Plot below: >>> >>> >>> >>> *Whose Life Is It Anyway? *is a 1981 film adapted by Brian Clark >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fBrian_Clark_(writer)&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=TcHGHD6oeoe90EtVSM6IhUhF%2b04FCRxfsQQx64TuId8%3d> >>> and Reginald Rose >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fReginald_Rose&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=k9ED%2fcdu%2fNXuguHHfQLVOiHoVYRKSEkxqiRq2WSOmgE%3d> >>> from >>> a 1972 television movie and Clark's play of the same title. The film is >>> directed by John Badham >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fJohn_Badham&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=Li83lLIkaQcYFZc7JMZGP0JoD83Gim5GzTSWw41rTzY%3d> >>> and >>> stars Richard Dreyfuss >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fRichard_Dreyfuss&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=A1%2bE93ccoPvThjeOJNslbbuvAWI9bEj%2fmxxi2iY9dyg%3d> >>> . >>> Plot >>> >>> After a car accident, sculptor Ken Harrison becomes a quadriplegic >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fQuadriplegia&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=htoXlO8S45Tx%2br2QR0%2bS35oy6WtoJCobRwW893eDl2E%3d> >>> who >>> sues for the right to end his life >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fEuthanasia&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=w5qwwD0hS%2fWtZur077kBlTtZmNQYX0Dav%2fVcgVCV144%3d>, >>> no longer able to create art, make love or have any semblance of a normal >>> existence. He hires a lawyer (Bob Balaban >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fBob_Balaban&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=sm%2fOMCjj2QQwoF3QNYWZICmpi%2bkkYjcKSJurL%2fO7rnc%3d>) >>> who, reluctantly at first, represents Harrison while knowing that he is >>> trying to win his client a death sentence >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fDeath_sentence&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=APDjzTYIx9ff4id34EA%2fDJe%2bPVDsHAb2Z87T3cvYNR0%3d> >>> . >>> >>> Staunchly opposed to euthanasia is a by-the-book hospital administrator >>> (John >>> Cassavetes >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fJohn_Cassavetes&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=7Qk%2fn8FLE4itZSCUWC3ZnHWISqIgujLGlytI345N54Q%3d>), >>> who is determined to keep his patient alive even against his wishes, and >>> sympathetic doctor (Christine Lahti >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fChristine_Lahti&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=MXcr%2bJ7GaJlcyDveQKBIajV3ao3gr0XG7M3QEf6GMQk%3d>), >>> who develops personal feelings for Harrison. She wants to keep him alive, >>> even though Harrison's girlfriend has accepted his decision. >>> >>> A young orderly (Thomas Carter >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fThomas_Carter_(director)&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=MSkzINIibFGfKQM8Q4nTHSAQ3psH40Yhzs3KUTsOLLU%3d>) >>> and nurse (Kaki Hunter >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fKaki_Hunter&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=BrC%2fDB7V%2bWnMo%2fuqX8iMt7%2bDQl8uW7kY%2baN2BFvw6bo%3d>) >>> do what they can to keep Harrison's spirits up, even wheeling him to a >>> hospital basement where they treat him to reggae music and marijuana. In >>> the end, though, it is up to a judge (Kenneth McMillan >>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fKenneth_McMillan_(actor)&data=01%7c01%7cGailO%40Pennwell.com%7c856a8779866f4c95097608d38b4976ff%7c5bbf75da8a3f493c8343e6cd0cb0e070%7c1&sdata=Ch6pWJz4ezvzXZgriTz1UzDPbNdJlsHh%2bgpbC0HCRCU%3d>) >>> whether the patient has a moral, ethical and legal right to choose to die. >>> >> >> >
