EPTGirl's dying wish is to see movie "Up", dies after - Page 6
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BloodyC0bbler
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On June 20 2009 14:20 stroggos wrote: how can you guys care for this girl? you don't know her For anyone who has ever known someone who has died of cancer, this story hits home hard. I know one person who lived through lukemia, and one who died of cancer. Just that makes me feel for the girls family. It is extremely hard to watch someone slowly deteriorate the way cancer kills people, its slow, its extremely painful and the survival rate/cure rate is extremely low. It is one of the most horrible things to live through. I am happy the girl got her dying wish and finally after 4 years an escape from the hell she was experiencing, however her family will be unable to recover from this loss, so for them I am truely empathetic for. RIP | ||
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VIB
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On June 20 2009 15:06 MMC.Lazerflip wrote: You took my post completely out of the context and your response has zero relation with my post's meaning O.o And please, no further derail, if you wanna argue this, PM or new thread.Actually, if you had read On the Origin of Species, you would know that this is false; species is not the basic unit of natural selection; humans are only hard-wired (and biological organisms in general) to care for the well-being of those who are likely to carry on their own genes (i.e. family members). This basic concept is group selection; the most successful genes are the ones that increase the chance to replicate and altruistic genes would be taken advantage of by selfish genes. You should probably do your research before you knock somebody and tell them they don't know anything, when your idea of the concept of natural selection (and even what the basic unit of natural selection is in the first place) is erroneous. | ||
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Brett
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On June 20 2009 12:13 EvilTeletubby wrote: Agree with your post - We see stories like this everyday, on the news, on the internet, whereever. As I said in my OP, I'm normally immune to these types of things... doesn't mean I'm not empathetic, but sheer volume alone doesn't allow for it, or you'd be consumed by it. This one just personally drew me in, and once empathy set in, it got me. Not knowing someone personally doesn't mean that you can't get 'worked up' about it... it's human nature to be able to put yourself into someone else's shoes. Take this story at face value - it's sad, whether it really hits you or not, doesn't really matter. To anyone even mentioning pixar, good or bad - they have absolutely nothing to do with the story and in all honesty shouldn't even really be mentioned. They simply did what I believe anyone would have done (I still absolutely love them based on their work alone, but what they did here really was nothing incredibly special, but still good they did). I wasn't attacking anyone for not being moved to tears by the story, I understand your sentiment entirely. But the posts from people infering that Pixar had set this up as some sort of publicity stunt are utterly retarded. | ||
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drowned
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sure it's sad that the girl had to die, but i think she was very happy before she made her transition  | ||
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Pika Chu
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Really sad story, made me feel bad. | ||
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lazz
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On June 20 2009 10:03 BalliSLife wrote: honestly strack's post should be a permanent ban um, why? he was just expressing his opinion, immoral/troll or not. if everyone had the same reaction and opinion what would be the purpose of the thread? | ||
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HooHa!
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Of course some tl members have to feel the need to throw their balls out on the table in front of everyone all day long, THAT'S stupid. Its why people think the site is going downhill lately. I don't blame them. This. Thousands of children die every day in ways that are much more tragic than the girl in this story, and that's never news. You know what, sometimes stories like this MOVE people, sure a million people die everyday, and they don't have every bit of news covered ever in the entire universe. Maybe these moved people to maybe one day be prepared to help aid someone who dies in a bad way. Or take precious moments carefully and live their life much more fully than they used to. I know reality is alot more tragic and unsung, but there are positive things we can regain from nice stories like these. It helps us become better people. | ||
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skronch
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Tracil
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On June 20 2009 22:23 HooHa! wrote: You know what, sometimes stories like this MOVE people, sure a million people die everyday, and they don't have every bit of news covered ever in the entire universe. Maybe these moved people to maybe one day be prepared to help aid someone who dies in a bad way. Or take precious moments carefully and live their life much more fully than they used to. I know reality is alot more tragic and unsung, but there are positive things we can regain from nice stories like these. It helps us become better people. This. People do die all the time, and often the stories are equally touching if you are a close observer. It's unfortunate that Stalin was kind of right with his infamous quote. An occasional reminder, like this kind of story, can really help people remember why almost everyone they meet, or anyone in trouble, is actually deserving of sympathy and more than just a statistic. | ||
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Kenny
United States678 Posts
Up seems like a really great movie as well, when I have a 4-5 year old, I'm going to take her there = ) Thanks for the story. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
sorry, i just cant feel empathy for someone i've never heard of over the internet. It's just unnatural and inhuman. | ||
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