On the continuum we have hotties so we must have ...

[Brian Stirling]

I don't wish to pile on on this woman and really respect the courage she must have to be so public, but, dayum...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-30948179


Brian

 

[SandEagle]

dayum what?
be happy you are not suffering as she is.

 

[master_shake_]

no im sorry ms velasquez.

this woman is.

 

[zinfamous]

no im sorry ms velasquez.

this woman is.

:thumbsup:

 

[VirtualLarry]

I don't wish to pile on on this woman and really respect the courage she must have to be so public, but, dayum...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-30948179


Brian

She's got a lot of courage.

 

[Zeze]

That's not even fvcking fair. That woman isn't ugly. She was just born with a defect of sort.

I feel so bad for her. Fvck haters and kids on internet.

 

[PlanetJosh]

I'm assuming I'm not the only one who thinks there are plenty of other women uglier than her.
Ah just noticed the preceding post.

 

[mikeford]

Good example of outside appearance saying little about a person.

 

[Brian Stirling]

She's got a lot of courage.

Yeah, I can't even imagine the torment she must have endured and to discover her likeness portrayed as it was as a teenager is crushing.

And yes, internet trolls jump on these things and have there fun.

It does look like she's made the most of her situation and good for her.

BTW, SJP just turned 50...


Brian

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Saying someone with her combination of birth defects is ugly is like calling a person with Down syndrome "stupid." Sure, objectively her appearance does not align with traditional standards of beauty, but it's literally because of disease. Who picks on diseased people?

 

[UglyCasanova]

I can't imagine what she's been through.

 

[Printer Bandit]

she is amazing.

 

[chimaxi83]

I don't wish to pile on on this woman and really respect the courage she must have to be so public, but, dayum...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-30948179


Brian

"but, dayum..." what, exactly?

 

[UglyCasanova]

And this is an example of why I have issue with the avatar that Oblama2009 uses. Should the mods make him remove it? Maybe, maybe not. But it does speak to his character though.

 

[Ruptga]

And this is an example of why I have issue with the avatar that Oblama2009 uses. Should the mods make him remove it? Maybe, maybe not. But it does speak to his character though.

Whatever, he's been banned for a while and has a while to go still.

 

[AMCRambler]

Poor girl. Can tell she has a beautiful soul though.

 

[SKORPI0]

In the end, what counts is your soul/character, not your outside appearance. She had no choice for the later while growing up.

 

[BD231]

Dayum ... I wish I was that ugly. I'd get so much sympathy cash

 

[dr150]

Like Elephant Man, a beautiful soul.

 

[disappoint]

Saying someone with her combination of birth defects is ugly is like calling a person with Down syndrome "stupid." Sure, objectively her appearance does not align with traditional standards of beauty, but it's literally because of disease. Who picks on diseased people?

Mentally diseased people.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I would've almost certainly killed myself if I was in her position.

I mean that as sincere and enormous compliment. She's a better person than I, with very little doubt.

 

[Zeze]

Dayum ... I wish I was that ugly. I'd get so much sympathy cash

She's not ugly. Did you read the article? She's suffering from multitudes of health problems from birth defect.

She is totally blind in her right eye and visually impaired in the other, and was in and out of hospital growing up with a number of health problems - eye surgery, ear surgery, complete foot reconstruction, bone density tests, and a number of blood tests as doctors tried to decipher what her condition was. It wasn't until last year that they managed to put a name to it.

Poor gal.

"When I was a teenager I would look in the mirror and wish I could wash away my syndrome," she says. "I hated it because it caused so much pain in my life. Being a 13-year-old girl who is constantly picked on is unbearable."

Christ, no one deserves that. I can feel her pain in the darkest hour.

 

[Imp]

Read about that a while ago. Seriously, if it's a birth defect lay the hell off.

 

[Brian Stirling]

Well, ultimately, is all a consequence of birth. I mean that some are born to be beautiful, others to be average, and others still below average. It should not matter how we come by our looks as in most cases it is not in your hands -- your born that way.

I mentioned in the thread title about a continuum and so it is.

Even more painful for some is the fact that many are disowned by there parents because the parents wanted a more attractive child.


Brian

 

[zinfamous]

Well, ultimately, is all a consequence of birth. I mean that some are born to be beautiful, others to be average, and others still below average. It should not matter how we come by our looks as in most cases it is not in your hands -- your born that way.

I mentioned in the thread title about a continuum and so it is.

Even more painful for some is the fact that many are disowned by there parents because the parents wanted a more attractive child.


Brian

Well, in ancient Sparta, such infants would have been tossed off a cliff.

I'm just glad that we are a better society than all ancient societies, in every possible way. And even with our horrible trolls and shit-for-brains humans staining public discourse, we're still better.