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David Thurston wrote: > The best-known, most-loved face in the world is laid to rest in Rome. > I watch the three-hour requiem mass on television – CNN International > and BBC World. Very moving, though I am not a Catholic nor even a > Christian. Plenty of talk of suffering, not a single mention of the > word Parkinson's. > > I am astounded. Is there something seriously lacking in our briefing > the media, at all levels? > > How can we ever hope to raise awareness of our affliction when it > doesn't even get a mention when the Pope is buried? > > And then to cap it, there's some so-called reporter standing in the > middle of St Peter's Square blithering on about the Holy Father > looking down on us all. > > God, if there is one, give me strength! > > David Thurston. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > David: Possibly the only reason we knew of the popes PD was to stop the speculation about the physical manifestations that had been observed in public. Had it been some other less observable disorder,I don't think the popes handlers would have been so forthcoming. Ned ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn