| Jan Drew 2006-07-30, 2:25 am |
| You wanted to tell the child the future?!!
Plus belittle him.
You are some kind of piece of work.
Very -Very- Very sad.
"Mark Probert" <markprobert@lumbercartel.com> wrote in message
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> 0:-> wrote:
>
> big snip for focus....
>
>
> Thank you for one of the most comprehensive responses I have seen to any
> question on Usenet. Your points are all well taken and substantiated.
> Ability to make good decisions does not automatically switch on at a given
> age, or in a given situation. One must examine the entire situation before
> doing so.
>
> Back to Abraham...
>
> I posted (in another thread that you may have missed) the following, taken
> from the Respectful Insolence blog of an academic cancer surgeon:
>
> http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2..._elephant_i.php
>
> In fact, as evidenced by this recent interview on the Sean Hannity Show,
> Abraham clearly continues his magical thinking:
>
> HANNITY: Abraham, let me ask you a very tough question. I've come to be
> very impressed with you and your knowledge of your disease, your knowledge
> of your situation, your seeking alternative remedies, I think it's really
> admirable.
>
> ABRAHAM: Thank you.
>
> HANNITY: But at the end of the day if you make a wrong decision it could
> result in your life.
>
> ABRAHAM: Yes.
>
> HANNITY: Do you think about that?
>
> ABRAHAM: Well, I really can't think about that, you know?
>
> HANNITY: But don't you have to?
>
> ABRAHAM: Well, there's always that possibility and, yes, you can look at
> it. But if I'm going to get better I have to maintain a positive attitude.
>
> HANNITY: No, I agree with that.
>
> ABRAHAM: I cannot look into the future, as I said before, and say, This is
> going to happen to me and I'm so scared. I can't wake up every morning and
> say, Oh, my gosh, I'm going to die. You know, I wake up every morning and
> I say, I'm going to live, and I strive to meet that goal.
>
> So there's that possibility that somewhere along this line we made a wrong
> decision. But you know what? If I die, I'll die happy, and I will die
> healthy, and I will die in my home with my family, not in a hospital bed,
> bedridden and sick.
>
> I watched the show the night it was on. I wanted to jump through my
> television and grab this kid and tell him that he will die an ugly painful
> death if he dies of lymphoma. It will not be pretty, it will not be
> serene, and he will be bedridden for days, if not weeks.
>
> Someone, somewhere has told this kid that when he dies of lymphoma at home
> he will not be bedridden or sick.
>
> And, Abraham does not have the mental ability to see just how absurd his
> thoughts are.
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