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Old 10-25-2006, 09:26 PM   #47
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Yes, it sure is. If he went off his meds to make the point, then he is making a real sacrifice in hopes of helping people in the future.
Or to leverage his condition for maximum propiganda effect. Even during sworn testimony before Congress...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael J. Fox, in his book “Lucky Man”, 2002.
I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease and the urgency we as a community were feeling be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling.
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