What would you choose?

I would better not want to exist...without any of these...abilities,.. thank God I'm alright .... thanks for starting the discussion..... have a great day/night.....

i am so very grateful that i am neither blind nor deaf.. but if i were beaten and tortured and asked to choose, i may choose to go deaf...for i can't bear to not see my lady love again but i don't mind to not hear her nagging anymore

It is not a fun discussion. I am grateful to God to be in good health today and I know that I am lucky. I had many handicapped persons in my family, after illness or accident. What I know is that you need a lot of courage to accept it. I am not sure to have enough courage today to face a serious handicap, except if you give me the privilege to lose my brain at the same time, and to not be aware of my handicap.

I just hope I wouldn't have to loose my sight. The feeling would be one of devastation unless you are born with it. Starting all over again would require lots of hard work and self discipline.

the more appropriate way to ask this question is: If you would be disabled, what disability would you prefer? If this are the only choices, I would prefer to lose my legs. There more jobs available to those who don't have legs than those who can't hear nor see nor grasp things. I can consider myself lucky I will have a choice like this if I get into any accident. But certainly I would not want to be disabled as much as possible. Who wants to be disabled?

I thank god daily that every thing is all right with me. It was a good question. But if i have to choose i choose deaf. why? Beceause i can see the beautifull things in the world. I won to have arm to touch every thing. BUT.................THANK's to GOD!!! I'm ok!!!!!!!

Hello, Aren't we happy to see how blessed we are for having a fully functional body? :) To answer your question, I'd also choose being deaf than being blind or impaired arms or legs. Even if I can't hear, I can still learn to read people's mouth to understand what they're saying. I can learn sign language too. I can still read, watch tv with subtitles, or work in front of the computer that doesn't require much hearing. As opposed to losing my sight, I won't be able to see what I'll do and I'd rather live a "silent" world than live in a very dark sight. At least I'll still get to see the image of the people I love so much than just relying on the memory of their faces in my head. Cheers, Honey

I would chose to be deaf because I might not hear so many stupid things and I could still understand people by reading their lips, and music as well, I can fell the bass. Not being able to see or walk is the worst thing that can happen to someone. Take care of yourselves !

No human would like to be handicapped or have any disabilities... but as per ur discussion... I guess , I prefer being deaf.... Coz u don't have to hear any thing what others say.. If u r blind.. u can't any of ur work on your own... But it comes to listening.. It's hard.. But atleast u can read and understand.. If u were blind or handicapped u definitely , need another persons help... But if u deaf.. U don't need much of others help I guess.. as theres sign languages too. After u can speak well rite so.. I guess being deaf would be big problem... But I DON'T WANT TO BE DEAF!!!!!!!!!!

Hi slovenc: I think that all the senses of my body are a god's gift so I think just as you say that we have to appreciate all of them, as a whole. I don't like to chose, but if I have to lose, I think I'd prefer to be deaf because I have listen music so music is on my mind and at the same time I don't talk too much so I think this won't affect my communications skills very much. Even with that, this would be sad because I couldn't enjoy the magic of music anymore. Thanks for making this question about a very hard decition. ALVARO

I'd want functional arms and legs so i'd least have some independence and could do things for myself. When I was younger I would have definately said that I'd rather be deaf, because living in a world of darkness would scare me and I'd miss out on seeing some beautiful sights that the world has to offer. Now that I'm older I'm not so sure.Can you imagine never hearing music, or listening to some of the jokes your friends say or even the birds singing, that would be hard. So I don't know which one I'd choose, just hope it never happens to me or my loved ones.

Aww, cmon, Beethoven was deaf, and he constructed music. I am sure you could still enjoy some music by the feel of the vibrations or something, like some reggae with good base :D. Yeah, I would probably have to go with being deaf over being blind. You could be more independent if you were deaf, instead of being blind.

I would probably go with being deaf, you can "feel" the music. But I guess if you're blind you can become a martial arts specialist. jk ; )

I think that being being blind would be the worst. To not be able to see your family , your friends , anyone is completely sad. Even to be deaf is better to me because you would actually have a glimpse of people.