Remember His Cameo in South Park?

[shanmonster]

I never thought I'd agree with someone from T-Shirt Hell. Although it's a sad thing that poor ol' Supe died, take a look at this:

I can't get over the fuss they're making over the death of Christopher Reeve. It's like he was some kind of Saint. They talk about how tirelessly he worked to get funding for research to cure paralysis. I'm sorry, but am I the only one who notices that he might have had a little something to gain if all of this hard work paid off? The man was a human doorstop. If Christopher Reeve had fallen off his horse and bounced back up unharmed, and then decided to devote his life to curing paralysis- then I would be impressed. If Christopher Reeve became paralyzed, and then devoted his life to finding a cure for world hunger, cancer, or blindness- then I would think that this guy was pretty heroic.

Believe me, if I had an accident and my penis was turned inside out so that every time I took a piss it came out my nose, you'd better believe I'd spend some time looking for the cure for inside out penisitis. I think I would discover I had a real passion for it that I was previously unaware of.

In other news, my throat is still sore and my head is full of snot. While I'm suffering, I think I'll devote my life to finding a cure for the common cold. My search begins in my medicine cabinet.

Comments

[zaki.livejournal.com]

Still, I don't think Supe was necessarily heroic. He was just a guy doing what lots of other guys would do in his situation.

I wasn't going to say anything, what with all the tributes to him on my flist, but, well, yeah. You never really hear of anyone's unheroic efforts to battle whatever handicap du jour they have (unless you read The Onion, anyway). And he was lucky he happened to be wealthy enough to afford all the treatments that he so bravely struggled through, as well as contribute to the cause of helping others with the same issue. Does this make him a hero? Or rather, any more heroic than a sturggling person who can't do anything more than just stay alive?

On the other hand, he shouldn't be condemned for having a personal interest in the cause he's helping to support, either.

And Maddox is just trying to push peoples' buttons....though he is a hoot, sometimes. *lol* I don't believe he means a word of what he says, really.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he pushes lots of buttons! Nice hatemail, hmm?