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"B.Bruce Anderson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >" Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 'A CALL TO ACTIVISM from a young PWP who is sick of being.............= >His >enthusiasm perhaps led him astray on that point. I think the point he = >was >making was about ENTHUSIASM ITSELF, and that it is up to those of use w= >ho >are what passes for young in these circles to get the hell out there an= >d DO >SOMETHING to find the cure. Absolutely right! >And then there is= > the >issue of suicide. I don't have any statistics on our suicide rate, j= >ust >one personal anecdote. It wasn't a month after I was diagnosed that th= >e >PWP husband of an old woman my wife gave Medicare counseling to blew h= >is >brains all over their bedroom with a pistol. She asked if I ever decid= >ed >to do that to pick another way. I think I could go along with her on that! My preferred method is to take a hang-glider up as high as I can soar, preferably in some remote and rocky part, then unbuckle my harness! I would like to think I might have the balls to shout "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" as I fall, rather than "Oh shit!" However, being rather aggressively positive in my outlook has it's drawbacks: I suspect I will keep finding good reasons why not, until it's finally too late! Happy New Year. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Hampshire, UK