tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post6509531261742328079..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Christopher Hitchens on talking to people with cancerKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-64237596043984961952010-11-09T12:26:13.992+09:002010-11-09T12:26:13.992+09:00An interesting read, that was. I agree that the di...An interesting read, that was. I agree that the dig against Pausch seems a bit harsh, but I think the point he was trying to make was valid, especially from his point of view. The question, I suppose, is whether the point would have been made as effectively has it been made in the abstract.<br /><br />My own experience is different from yours in significant ways, but seeing how people deal with cancer has proven interesting. The modus operandi here seems to be not to mention the disease at all, but just to ask after the sufferer's well being in general. Replies are equally void of excruciating detail. I wonder how much of this is a cultural thing.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-89049696851767799062010-11-09T11:24:06.514+09:002010-11-09T11:24:06.514+09:00How is it any different from families having to de...How is it any different from families having to deal with other "hard" problems like questions from friends and family dealing with family members battling mental illness, drug/alcohol abuse, prison, etc.?<br /><br />Hell, just being overweight or underweight comes with its own can of worms. <br /><br />That "life's a bitch and then you die" bumper sticker makes more and more sense to me with each passing day. More so, now that I'm seeing more of my older male family members succumbing to Alzheimer’s and dementia after leading the perfect example of rugged American individualist lives until they hit retirement age. It really sucks to have worked so long and hard and not be able to enjoy it, and now their wives are also victims of this slow-developing and mind-robbing disease.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.com