Hackneyed stereotyped conventional ignorance about amputation

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I came home from work today to find my mailbox clogged with mostly nasty 
emails.  What on earth are you people arguing about?  Why would it matter 
if George "chose" to become an amputee or not?  Why not just take his 
word for it when he says he was compelled beyond rational decision 
making?  Most of us don't actively choose our psychological makeup...I 
don't see what's to gain by all this, other than to alleviate the fact 
that some of you allow yourselves to feel threatened by him.

Pick your battles, people, there's plenty of more important stuff to 
fight for than trying to psychoanalyze George.

Steve Kurzman