[ExI] woman wants to be paraplegic

[natasha at natasha.cc]

   Quoting spike <spike at rainier66.com>:

> OK cool, so now all we need to do is find a person who wants to be
> quadriplegic, then we are ready to do a head transplant.

> http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/17/able-bodied-woman-wants-surgery-to-
> make-her-paraplegic/?test=latestnews

> This must be some kind of rare cyborg wish.
> If we can regenerate nerve cells, the head which receives her able body has
> the theoretical possibility of regaining some degree of control.  The body
> which receives her head could then have ALS or something, and that head
> wouldn't mind, since it wanted to be quadriplegic to start with.

   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.



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