Posted on 03/23/2005 2:29:58 PM PST by concan
The Germans should threaten to launch a travel boycott of Florida. Last time I knew FL was still the most popular destination for German travellers.
By all accounts modern German medical care is excellent.
Hope her parents get the chance to remove her from the menace that is our American courts.
To be outshone in compassion by Germany is no mean feat.
Uberbump!
The State (Bavaria) I'm originally from. I made sure everybody that I know over there knows who is at fault for this and who is trying to save her.
Isn't that amazing? Even the Germans have a more humane judicial system than we do. Who was that clown on the USSC who kept referring to the european system? Maybe we should e-mail him a copy of this.
Good. Thanks for sharing that. I am so glad to read that the world is watching and some of them are horrified.
Well said. I've always believed that every child, whether born with Down Syndrome, autism, or handicapped in any way is a blessing from God. Every one of them can teach us something meaningful about life - no matter how long they are with us.
When I was in High School and my father was still in the Air Force, I volunteered a couple of Summers in the Air Force's CHAP (Children Have a Potential) Program and worked with some of the most severely handicapped young boys at the center. What began as an Eagle project evolved into one of the most fulfilling chapters of my life. Even the slightest progress with one of those boys was cause for celebration. And, though I am far from being a perfect father, that experience made me cherish the blessing of my own four children even more.
Before I moved to Washington last year I worked at a rehab center for the mentally challenged. The best job I ever had!
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