re: No- more ignorance.

Yeti — 10/27/2006 2:27:02 PM (archived)

"Rush Limbaugh is being pilloried for suggesting that Fox deliberately filmed himself at his worst. In fact, Fox actually did this."

Wait- where is your evidence? How do you know that he did? This is the claim you are making- thats not fact... its assertion!

This notion that a person with parkinsons has fine-grained control over the expression of his symptoms is massively contradicted by facts. Thats one of the things that makes the disease such a horrible death sentence. I have spent a lot of time with people with parkinsons- its a roller coaster ride... They can go from walking to flopping on the floor in a matter of minutes- I've watched this myself. I went from drinking coffee and playing chess with a friend to having to carry him over my shoulder to my car and drive him home- in a matter of moments. Boom. It has nothing to do with taking or not taking their medicine- its just the lot in life they have.

Beyond that, the jittering is not a byproduct of being under-medicated. Rigor and immobility are. The jittering is like running a marathon, but its the only motion they can have, IF they're well medicated. How much they jitter is more a function of whats happening in the progress of the disease at that particular day.

Look, I'm sorry, but you don't even know what your talking about. Why should we have a discussion if you're talking out your ass?

Man- I can't tell you how much respect I just lost for you.

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What an... - Donald - 10/25/2006 12:31:49 PM
- Fox on CBS - RobVG - 10/27/2006 5:25:20 AM
  - Very good interview. And an apology. - TB - 10/27/2006 8:02:10 AM
    - *smile* - Mary Anne - 10/28/2006 12:39:39 AM
    - Thanks for that, Tom - Laurie Street - 10/27/2006 11:53:24 PM
    - Very good post all round (n/t) - Tony - 10/27/2006 1:23:11 PM
- Point man - ER - 10/26/2006 6:02:49 PM
- I didn't like it either. - REB - 10/26/2006 12:08:13 PM
- And a response. - et - 10/25/2006 8:58:36 PM
- I heard the actual broadcast. Did you? (n/t) - TB - 10/25/2006 5:24:12 PM
  - Piling on - Tony - 10/26/2006 12:24:54 PM
    - re: Piling on - TB - 10/26/2006 4:20:04 PM
      - And even with that, he still wasn't frakking acting? - Tony - 10/26/2006 5:13:36 PM
        
        Huh? (n/t) - TB - 10/26/2006 5:18:13 PM
        
        You dont get, likely never will. I give up. (n/t) - Tony - 10/26/2006 7:30:24 PM
        
        Fox has Parkinsons, why should the commercial be shot to depict him as if he didn't? (n/t) - SDG - 10/26/2006 6:04:36 PM
        
        Then you concede the point that it was deliberate. - TB - 10/26/2006 6:18:19 PM
        
        Spelling it out for you - Yeti - 10/27/2006 4:34:38 AM
        
        It wouldn't bother me if it was - SDG - 10/26/2006 7:26:40 PM
        
        re: It wouldn't bother me if it was - TB - 10/27/2006 2:44:44 AM
        
        Tom,,, - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/26/2006 7:13:12 PM
        
        speaking of going off one's meds... (n/t) - alcaray - 10/26/2006 10:52:49 PM
  - Only a real jerk... - Donald - 10/25/2006 11:41:13 PM
  - Here ya go... dittohead - HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO DEFEND?! - 10/25/2006 8:56:14 PM
  - yep. I heard a full recording - Yeti - 10/25/2006 8:54:57 PM
    - Fox has admitted to going off his medications before presentations. - TB - 10/26/2006 4:04:31 AM
      - Do you have any idea what Parkinsons medication des to a person? - Yeti - 10/26/2006 6:07:37 AM
        
        Is this the "how DARE you pick on a Victim?" bit? - TB - 10/26/2006 6:22:58 AM
        
        No- its the 'you're being an insensitive prick' bit - Yeti - 10/27/2006 4:41:09 AM
        
        re: No - TB - 10/27/2006 6:41:07 AM
        
        re: No- more ignorance. - Yeti - 10/27/2006 2:27:02 PM
        
        BTW, had not yet red the post above. (n/t) - Yeti - 10/27/2006 2:32:24 PM
        
        No problem. - TB - 10/27/2006 11:18:05 PM
        
        I think this is the "shoot the messenger" bit. But dont blame me... (n/t) - Tony - 10/26/2006 3:51:33 PM
        
        No, this is the "you don't know anything about how Parkinson's medications work" bit. - Mary Anne - 10/26/2006 2:53:35 PM
        
        Irrelevant. - TB - 10/26/2006 4:24:39 PM
        
        re: Insane - Yeti - 10/27/2006 4:44:38 AM
        
        The disease is the point. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/26/2006 9:03:46 PM
        
        this is the "repeat the NRO Corner position" - Tony - 10/26/2006 3:57:03 PM
      - Why should we listen to Michael J. Fox anyway? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/26/2006 5:20:37 AM
        
        As a baiter, Techie, you are a master. (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/26/2006 10:09:15 PM
        
        Hmmm. I do seem to arouse folks don't I? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/26/2006 10:27:46 PM
        
        Why should we listen to *you*? - Mary Anne - 10/26/2006 2:30:07 PM
        
        "You speak for Planet Tech. In a universe far, far away" - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/26/2006 6:42:38 PM
        
        Michael J. Fox convincingly played a likeable conservative. - Mary Anne - 10/27/2006 1:22:26 AM
        
        He is obviously a superb actor. (n/t) - ER - 10/28/2006 3:25:32 PM
        
        Agreed. - TB - 10/28/2006 8:37:59 PM
        
        Spin City - ER - 10/28/2006 9:39:45 PM
        
        re: Spin City - TB - 10/29/2006 3:02:20 AM
  - Media Matters has the audio clip. - et - 10/25/2006 8:49:10 PM
  - So he didn't say "'either off his medication or acting'' ? - Tony - 10/25/2006 7:58:51 PM
  - Say it ain't so! (n/t) - Bowser - 10/25/2006 5:56:28 PM
- "Purely an act"....look who's talking - Lindy - 10/25/2006 4:31:45 PM
- The gerbil merchant - ER - 10/25/2006 1:19:24 PM
  - Interesting points. - Bowser - 10/25/2006 3:56:46 PM

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