Re: People DO get sick on the Island

On May 8, 7:44=A0am, ejt789...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> > > So I guess Aaron got a virus because he was not a baby of faith?
> > > This is just a bunch of hand-waving to cover up shoddy writing.
>
> > How is it shoddy writing if a viewer makes certain assumptions that
> > aren't borne out later?
>
> Because its being presented as fact that no one ever gets sick on the
> Island. =A0None of the other characters say "No, you are wrong, remember
> Aaron got a fever and Shannon got an asthma attack?".

Funny, but ISTR Juliet making a big stink about Benry's spinal tumor,
because SHE had ostensibly been led to believe the same thing.  It's
the gift that keeps on giving!

> If the writers
> feel it im****tant enough to write a line about no one ever getting
> sick

Any line to that effect was put in the mouth of a character.  And
characters lie.

Robert