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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Behalf Of </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>natasha@natasha.cc<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] woman wants to be paraplegic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Quoting spike <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>>:<br><br>><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span> OK cool, so now all we need to do is find a person who wants to be<br>> quadriplegic, then we are ready to do a head transplant.<br><br>> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/17/able-bodied-woman-wants-surgery-to" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/17/able-bodied-woman-wants-surgery-to</a>-<br>> make-her-paraplegic/?test=latestnews<br><br>> <span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span> The body<br>> which receives her head could then have ALS or something, and that head<br>> wouldn't mind, since it wanted to be quadriplegic to start with.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>>…</span>This must be an awful mental disease to endure. An extreme form of cutting? Anyway, the smile on her face makes it even more alarming. Out of the ballpark if you ask me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Natasha I would damn well hope this young lady is unable to find a team of surgeons so unethical they would even consider doing such a thing as this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There are psychological mechanisms in humans that somehow get gratification from being dependent on others. That might be it: a craving for the closeness one feels for caregivers. Perhaps it is a craving for the kind of admiration we feel for someone with a disability working with it and making do the best they can with the technology available. I cheer for those with muscle wasting conditions when I see them rally every ounce of strength and struggle mightily to overcome. Of course if I knew the person gave themselves the disability intentionally, well that would more than cancel any admiration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>