Re: (TV) "Punk, "the video

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My dog, Monty has epilepsy. Just take your Phenobarbital!!

Mark Sheerin wrote:

> But there were occasions when Ian Curtis had fits on stage. And this led to
> difficulties touring, which led to suicide. So it would be wrong to play
> down the role of his illness.
>
> Sorry to offend COD - not meaning to say that epilepsy resembles
> dorkishness.
>
> mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip P. Obbard [mailto:pobbard@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 26 January 2000 17:15
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: Re: (TV) "Punk, "the video
>
> Easy, folks - not everyone who has epilepsy needs their entire lives judged
> by
> the fact that they do - which also means that just because they were
> epileptic
> doesn't mean you interpret any comments about their
> skills/lives/appearances/performances as being offensive! Sheesh. If Curtis
> were Jewish and acting "like a dork", would you accuse Jay of
> anti-Semitism?! I
> am 100% sure that's not what Jay was saying.
>
> Besides, while Curtis' epilepsy definitely influenced his lyrics,
> performance,
> etc., it's not as if he was having seizures on stage (at least, not in those
> performances included in the video Jay is talking about - severe epileptics
> like Curtis generally don't keep standing and singing mid-seizure).
>
> --Philip
>
> --- Blumetakt@aol.com wrote:
> > Not everyone that has Epilepsy looks like a DORK !! thats pretty offensive
>
> > remark MARK.
>
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