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Mr. Crabs stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Not funny.
a bit witty though.
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theravenofcu came out of the closet to say:
however, irl he was a real jerk
You, sir, are wrong. I assume you've never met him, neither pre- nor post-accident.
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theravenofcu came out of the closet to say:
Before he was thrown from his horse and paralyzed, he did nothing for paralysis research. Then, when he himself became paralyzed, all of a sudden he starts this "charity" to help fund paralysis research. Yeah, it was good that he helped bring awareness to paralysis, but his reasons for doing so were far from the noble intentions as painted on him by the media.
What have you done to help paralysis research?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Eh.
Whatever his intentions, good resulted from it.
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Drysart's fortune cookie read:
What have you done to help paralysis research?Yeah, that's what I thought.
He read Maddox, that's all.
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Bajah had this to say about Punky Brewster:
That goes both ways.Hence, you're pretty much admitting to trolling.
hard to troll when this is the third topic (including my own) I've looked at since I actually joined evercrest.
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Before he was thrown from his horse and paralyzed, he did nothing for paralysis research. Then, when he himself became paralyzed, all of a sudden he starts this "charity" to help fund paralysis research. Yeah, it was good that he helped bring awareness to paralysis, but his reasons for doing so were far from the noble intentions as painted on him by the media.
When someone's life takes a sharp turn like Chris Reeve's did, he had 2 choices.
1) To just become a vegetable, OR
2) To use his fame to try to make a difference to those who will not be listened to.
Did anyone know about stem cell research before Chris Reeve?
In Canada, was anyone really paying attention to Parkinson's disease before Fox?
And how many famous people became HIV+ and got AIDs that really brought a lot of attention to the matter.
No one deserves to live a life paralyzed (C2 & down), and if something like that does happen... the strength & hope that Chris Reeve emanated did make him a super super man. His journey was remarkable.
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hard to troll when this is the third topic (including my own) I've looked at since I actually joined evercrest.
Kudos on ignoring all the people who're proving you completely and utterly wrong, too.
Stop right now and think to yourself if you want to be another random who comes to EC and gets laughed off the forum in a couple of weeks.
Or, you could join one of the best groups of people I've ever associated myself with.
Either way, your not going to do a damn bit of good for us or yourself by regurgitating maddox articles.
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theravenofcu said this about your mom:
Eh.His performance as superman was good, however, irl he was a real jerk. Before he was thrown from his horse and paralyzed, he did nothing for paralysis research. Then, when he himself became paralyzed, all of a sudden he starts this "charity" to help fund paralysis research. Yeah, it was good that he helped bring awareness to paralysis, but his reasons for doing so were far from the noble intentions as painted on him by the media.
Let me ask you this...what charitable causes do YOU support? And I take it from your post that you support these charities due to your psychic powers showing you what injuries/illnesses you'll get later on in your life? Because, lord knows, everyone knows exactly all the various twists and turns their life will take.
I thought so.
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Callalron had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Let me ask you this...what charitable causes do YOU support? And I take it from your post that you support these charities due to your psychic powers showing you what injuries/illnesses you'll get later on in your life? Because, lord knows, everyone knows exactly all the various twists and turns their life will take.
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Gabe said it best:
Once again this post smacks of seventeen-ism. Unless hes typing this post with one hand and giving blood with the other he can go fuck himself. Youre telling me that unless I can help someone every single day its worthless to help anyone ever? Unless I spend every day at the hospital hugging sick kids I shouldnt bother trying to help them at all? What youre asking for is certainly admirable but in reality its not possible. Im not Mother Teresa, I just draw a comic strip about games. The majority of people couldnt and wouldnt devote their lives to charity. If we all lived by your rules no one would ever help anyone, not even once a year. Your outlook means that since you cant help everyone you never have to help anyone. How convenient for you.
It's not something people hear about.
What he's doing is good, but I don't admire him at all because his intentions were most likely to help himself, regardless of any other people helped in the process of helping himself. Maybe they're not, we'll never know and can only decide from the fact that before he became paralyzed, he hardly recognized it and afterwards, he did everything in his power to aid in the research. And that's not really noble to me, that's just being selfish with benefitting others as a fortunate side-effect.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Jens said:
actually i agree to some extent with raven/maddox hereWhat he's doing is good, but I don't admire him at all because his intentions were most likely to help himself, regardless of any other people helped in the process of helping himself. Maybe they're not, we'll never know and can only decide from the fact that before he became paralyzed, he hardly recognized it and afterwards, he did everything in his power to aid in the research. And that's not really noble to me, that's just being selfish with benefitting others as a fortunate side-effect.
Yeah, and you do realize that the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation is the last of MANY charitable organizations founded, sponsored, or co-sponsored by him right?
He was part of the original 10 Sponsors of the Make a Wish Foundation.
He was a sponsor, regular visitor, and advocate for the Children's Hospital in his home town.
He was a national Spokesperson in child aide and care.
He was a prime figure in the Children's Lukemia fund/foundation.
He was a part of numerous sponsored organizations from D.A.R.E, to Youth Organizations, including the YMCA.
He was an avid partner in youth programs all over america spanning everything from youth Baseball, to his the sport that took his mobility.
He was even one of the original advocates of the old "The More you Know" program.
He was also a very nice guy if you ever met him in person.
All of which gained him nothing, including noteriety as he didn't get huge amounts of publicity for it, and sure as hell didn't get compensated for it.
So yeah he was a selfish, self-center, 'to my own ends' injured celebrity that had no worth other than something gained through selfish motivation. 
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A sleep deprived Faelynn LeAndris stammered:
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that would be valid if I was saying Christopher Reeve is an asshole rather than that i just don't really admire or respect him for his work for the paralysis foundation. edit: Jens fucked around with this message on 10-13-2004 at 11:56 AM.
Compassion
Salvation Army (I also donate what I get back from the reciepts)
I'm still in college, so I don't have much money to donate with, but I volunteer time at a local homeless shelter downtown.
Now, Quite honestly, I don't give two cents about what people think about my posts, If I did, there would be much that I didn't post.
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Callalron probably says this to all the girls:
So if in a few years you should come down with, say, MS (God forbid), and you became active in MS-related charities, it'd be perfectly acceptable for us to call you a selfish bastard who only looks to help himself?
A bottle of vodka says MS will be curable within five years. What say you? Pvednes fucked around with this message on 10-14-2004 at 06:53 AM.
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Check out the big brain on theravenofcu!
Now, Quite honestly, I don't give two cents about what people think about my posts, If I did, there would be much that I didn't post.
Try to avoid saying stuff like this. It doesnt help you, and it only serves to piss people off. Oh yeah, and that kind of sentence smacks of trolling.
He had an unfocused amount of money he gave to charity.
Then he gave some of that money to a new charity that helped him out. A win/win scenario.
Eh
