] 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.

[ That's fucking stupid. No one had to say it and no one should have. Don't get me wrong, it's not a new attitude, but it's disingenuous. As if it's somehow wrong for someone to change their outlook on life after circumstances change. Is it unfortunate that more people don't take up causes and work for them without prompting? Of course, but that doesn't make it any less appropriate to do good after a forced reckoning, so to speak.

The underlying fact that *most people* are selfish and don't pay attention until they either come face to face with calamity, or are made aware through some celebrity endorsement is, truly, a sad realization. The fact that this person saw that message means he's paying attention, but Christopher Reeves didn't send that message. The whole fucking human race does. At least Reeves took the event and made it as postive as he could, instead of holing up, spending his money on drugs and porno until the end of his days, or bitching about how unfair life is.

Yeah, what a selfish prick for taking personal tragedy and turning it into something beneficial for others. I wish he wasn't such a hypocrite, being all self involved for all those years and then just suddenly flip-flopping into some kind of philanthropist. -k]

Maddox: Christopher Reeve is an asshole.