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Holy... Crap...

This really creeps me out. A man trapped, fully aware of the world around him, but everyone treating him as a vegetable...

I suppose it hits close to home for me, given my objectification fetish. I like to imagine the thought process of women subjected to something similar, turned into an object and ignored. I've read several stories where a person is prevented from interacting with the outside world. (And I Must Scream: [link] )

But to hear about it happening in real life... Kind of smacks my fetish with the hard backhand of reality. Makes me pause and wonder if my fetish is as harmless as I think, that just saying "It's fantasy" is enough... It is, just to be sure, and I'll still think abut it, but to hear about it happening in reality... puts an uncomfortable edge to the thoughts.

I must applaud Rom here. He doesn't seem to be bitter. For 23 years he could do nothing but listen and dream. And yet, he holds no ill-will... And neither is he a raving lunatic like most people probably suspect one would become. Perhaps humans are much better equipped to deal with adversity than we thought.