Hackneyed stereotyped conventional ignorance about amputation

[Dan Pop]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 Ranitak at aol.com wrote:

> oh uh, the dev is starting again,,, did you not read what i said?  my legs 
> were severed at the scene of the accident.  duh?
> the trial of attachment didn't work. oh well.  that doesn't change the fact 
> that my legs were ripped off. so wherein lies the choice of being an 
> amputee???  i wasn't talking about a choice between life and death. that's 
> obvious, i would think.

But the choice between life and death is the issue in this discussion.
You had *exactly* the same choice as someone with bone cancer.  Then,
why would the person who lost his leg to cancer be an elective amputee
and not you?

Dan