Acidus wrote:
] ] Why is Reeve an asshole?
] ]
] ] Simple: because he's selfish. Reeve didn't give a shit
] ] about paralysis before his accident, but now that he's
] ] paralyzed, suddenly he opens up a paralysis foundation
] ] and cares about the plight of cripples? Where was his
] ] foundation in '95 when he played the role of a man with
] ] spinal cord injury? Sure, some of you might argue that
] ] he's doing a good thing by bringing attention to
] ] paralysis, but the underlying message being sent here is
] ] that nobody gives a shit about cripples until a celebrity
] ] becomes one.
]
] I'm sorry he's dead, but somebody had to say it.

My husband knew him. He said he was a very nice guy that would give anyone the shirt off his back and did a lot of charity work up in Boston long before he got injured. My husband was very upset he died, especially with a bedsore. I figure he must have been nice because my husband normally doesn't say many nice things about folks, but he has ALWAYS said Christopher Reeves was a very nice man and that he and his wife were head over heels into each other and said she hadn't faltered or changed a bit.

No, I think his injury just really opened his eyes to the particular plight that he shared with other spinal cord patients.

RE: Maddox: Christopher Reeve is an asshole.