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To suggest a modicum of criticism of our sacred icons leads to dialogue which is a religious quagmire. So I give up on comments about religious leaders. Let's instead ask why Senator Pell, a statesman (Pell education grants), whom I respect, waited so long to make public his illness? How about a W.Va. Senator whose tremer and voice Rush Limbaugh mimiced on his late night "show." Can Morris K. Udall, a beloved celerity speak out now? Let those who have a voice speak. Unless we, PWP, speak out for ourselves, how may we expect others to do so for us? I am not "mad"..."Judgemental"..".Irreligious" ..." detractor"..."an iconoclast."..I am saying that while people, especially celebrities have the right to privacy, if they can help their fellow sufferers, they should..Didn't they use celebrities during WW II to sell war bonds? Don't politicians use celebrities to fill their war chests. Hey, we are in a war, a war against PD. Have I made a point? Someone counseled me to "relax"...Remember the old saying, "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem?" A couple in our local support group are Holocaust survivors. Only one, the caregiver, is able to speak out. She is dedicated to giving talks and speeches at every opportunity. The husband can't speak out because of his PD. Celebrities have their privacy, you still say? "Endure and persist - the pain will turn to our good." OVID - Latin Walter