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Hi all, RE below: I think the answer is PR and Politics: the idea is that the public and politicos like to back a winning horse, i.e., that if there is real hope, all will rally and send money, phone and write their representatives at the federal and state level, and so on. Celebrities, political and media, know that if MJFox and JReno were to moan and groan, or just give a reasonable picture of what PD is, people would turn off, write them off, etc., AND THEY WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! In the case of MJF, I think he went a bit far, but he has a hit show going, and as he explained to People Mag. or BWalters, he took a TV series instead of making movies because of PD: it was easier and more secure. Plus, I think that ABC would go ballistic if MJF told how it REALLY is WHILE HE HAS A HIT SHOW GOING--RATINGS!! I suspect MJFox had to go public 'cause he cut a deal with the tabloids et al. to let him "come out" on his own. It was only a question of time before they "outed him," so he disclosed it in a very sugar-coated fashion. Anyway, this is what I make of it. Ann (fairly new to list; usually just reading to stay informed) ________________ Barb_MSN wrote: > > I saw the show, and took the comment by MJF to mean > that he's confident that Parkinson's Disease will be > eradicated in the reasonably near future, or that there'll > be a cure...(from his mouth to God's ear) > > Fox said something similar in the People Magazine article. > > At least he's a little more realistic than Janet Reno who commented > to the press about four years ago that there'd be a cure for PD > within TWO years (from that time). > > Kinda makes me wonder if movie and political luminaries have some > secret sources of information that only THEY can access, cause I KNOW > no doctor has ever promised ME that there's be no more PD in 2 years > or 10 years or any other number of years (and I prolly wouldn't > believe 'em if they DID tell me that!) <I gotta see it to believe it> > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Anderson <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 10:10 PM > Subject: Fw: A statement worth repeating: > > >I didn't see the show - why on earth would he say THAT? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: J Finch <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > >Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 12:29 AM > >Subject: A statement worth repeating: > > > > > >>"I'm not the first person to get this, but I'll be > >>among the last to have it." - MJF on the Letterman Show > >>-- > >>Help us save the horses! Habitat for Horses, Inc. > >>A lifetime home for abused, endangered horses. > >>http://www.habitatforhorses.org/ > >> > >