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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:08 AM Original message |
Should disabled people be treated the same as, or differently from, everyone else? |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is a very tough question... |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. where's the conflict? |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. You're actually pretty close to the mark here... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. I am a special ed teacher and there is a saying in my business |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well said! |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Please explain what you mean, when you ask... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Those are really good questions. What do you think? nt |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I think I want you to answer them |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I think so too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. These are important questions. I don't understand why you're getting so |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. In order to answer your questions |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. To be honest, I'm not sure why you're perseverating on that word. But, since you won't |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You call these privileges (no "d") ? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. That's total B.S. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Here is the definition of a "privilege": |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. It's a damned shame that you're trying to use a dictionary |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I'm not saying the disabled are getting a "leg up" on anyone else... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. B.S. There's nothing productive about the flamebate |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That's not the point at all. I'm not interested in the "privileges" in the freaking least. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That would have been a good post |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. "Rights that other people don't have." |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. ...... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I also wouldn't mind an apology for your name calling, |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. you originally asked the questions |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Why not answer the questions? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Hell, I "Feel Sorry" For Myself Sometimes! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 02:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. It's easy to feel sorry for disabled people |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I have a close relative with CP. Odds are, she'll never walk. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. According to one of his other posts |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Trying to compute that, Will Robinson. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. My first reaction to the OP was "I don't want or need your stinkin' pity" |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm a "Disabled" person. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thanks for this. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well using the example you gave it's not a matter of privilage |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 06:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. When I visited the US |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. try it for a year, then ask. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. What Is The Point Of This Thread? |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. All depends on your P.O.V. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Do you think it's wrong to feel "sorry for" people? |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The difference is... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. If you can only empathize with people who are like you, I'm not sure |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. OK, I'll expand on "empathy." |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I understand your perspective and appreciate it. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. As a person with a disability |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. I'm sorry, Thom. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It's most funny and sad when it's someone sitting reading their |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. What train do you take? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. That's the one I take. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Damn, I'm sorry. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. I never feel sorry for the handicapped... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. They should have equal rights, but not necessarily equal treatment. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. Ask the disabled coming back from Iraq & Nam vets, they have an opinion too!!! |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. Educate yourself..... |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. About peeing on the seat |
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Gwerlain (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Reasonable people... |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sigh...At least you're honest with your questions |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Access |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. My feelings about keeping people in the mainstream in |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Carlos Mencia's thoughts on the handicapped... |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. I treat disabled people the same as anyone else.. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
58. I like that idea of repecting them as an equal, and also |
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