Who was Tracey Wilkinson?
During the credits the film is dedicated to Tracey Wilkinson (1965-2012). I'm assuming by the short life span this is someone who died of cancer or something like that. Does anyone know who she was? Was just curious.
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Thank you for the reply.
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Why does cancer always get linked to bravery?
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So does coping with just about anything. It's life, not bravery. Being healthy, and putting yourself in harm's way for the benefit of others - that's bravery. Fighting an illness is not brave. I didn't choose to be mugged and abducted by kidnappers in the late 90s, but I was. I survived. Was I brave? No.
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We've ALL had friends die from cancer - duh. Mine weren't brave, per se. This phrase gets tossed around WAY too much.
It's like "innocent children"…….what, as opposed to evil children?
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If you choose to believe that trying not to die is brave, fine. Are people who survive pneumonia brave? How about any other disease? The general public has parroted this "brave survivor of cancer" endlessly, and it is ridiculous.
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No, it is called LIFE. And then you said "passing," as if there is something wrong with the word "death." What the @#*# is it with our world, now? Are we so delicate and needy, that the hardships of life require such a soft touch, and so much "support." We all live and DIE, and it's nothing special or heroic. Live. Die. Deal with it.
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What on earth does that have to do with what we are talking about? I am discussing semantics, and personal attitude. And you KNOW that.
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But it's not BRAVERY. So to be dignified is brave? Ridiculous.
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Disagree completely. Apparently culture has disintegrated to the point, that when dying, if one doesn't stamp his feet and cry, he is brave. The Internet has lead us to chant the most meaningless and trite phrases, when dealing with life.
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Again, I disagree. As said, I survived a vicious attack years ago, and survived. I was not brave. No disease is any more important than another. Dealing with death is not bravery, it is life. We've hit our points. I'm off to help a friend move, and "bravely" face the freeway, hoping not to die.
Best of luck in your sheltered, Facebook world.
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I totally agree.
shareI hope you get cancer, ripshin, and soon. I hope it's terminal. Every day you live you will have to face the knowledge that you have only a handful of them left, in increasing pain and fear. All the while you will have loved ones around you watching you closely to see how you're coping. Deal with that for a few months without losing it and then let's see how smug you are in your "fearless iconoclasm." If it happens, and I so hope it does, remember my words.
shareWhat a bitter, angry little person you are. Oh, well. Continue with your suffering and rage. I won't remember you.
shareThere is no choice. Bravery requires options.
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And "bravery" isn't in the "picture." Dignity, yes.
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So can the ability to bake cookies. It doesn't make baking cookies an act of bravery.
Fighting death is not brave. And choosing not to, doesn't make one a coward.
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I completely disagree, as is obvious. Bravery does not apply to facing death that has been determined, or is likely. Facing death on the battlefield is another story. We will never convince the other of anything. You can have the last word - I don't give a @#*#.
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You are a massive cùnt.
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You're right Ripshin - you weren't brave. And you still aren't. If you were brave you would have dealt with your mugging and would not be using your pain to negate the pain of others. I'm sorry you went thru a horrible experience but that does not make anyone else's experience less horrible. Your need to be so blasé about your experience while still sharing it with strangers 20 years later shows that you need help and that you are indeed not brave. I hope you do not find yourself in another instance that requires bravery because you will clearly find yourself lacking until you deal with your past.
shareWhat the @#*$ are you talking about?
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