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This was a while back but was on tonight's news. A young man who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy
spent much of his life online where he became a character called Lord Ibelin Redmoore, or sometimes, Jerome Walker. When some of the people who knew him through his gaming attended his funeral, his parents were stunned, but eventually, comforted.
https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-47064773
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I have said it before. But I'll say it again, the net extends the boundaries of small lives in wonderful ways.
And thst is a good thing.
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A sad , poignant, heartwarming tale.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
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I think that like everything, the net is a double edged sword, & we all too often hear about the damage it can do, so it was lovely to hear of this other, almost magical side for once.
The net world must have been a door into another existence for this young man.
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