They still have the spinal cord.
--- On Fri, 6/12/09, James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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> Well, thanks to modern social care, people with paralysis
> due to spinal injuries no longer have to be left on the
> hillside to die, so yes, the society in which there are
> (some) people without a functioning spinal cord who
> nonetheless make a contribution, is our society.
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