Reply #129: You just love being ingenious [View All]

[LostinVA]

If the kid was in a wheelchair, I'd KNOW there was a decent chance he was disabled. If he wasn't, and all he was doing was laughing like a banshee, I'd still not do anything, except maybe be kinda irritated.

Discrimination based on gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. ARE the same as discrimination against someone with disabilities. The poster isn't talking about restrictions, but disabilities. YOU are talking about restrictions.

If someone is blind, they can't drive a car, although deaf people can in most places. If you're over a certain age, you may also have to take a sight test. If you're under 18, you can't buy "Playboy. These things are restrictions. If you're female, you can't have the promotion, cause th guy with the family needs it is discrimination. If you're black, you can't go to our college is discrimination. Jewish? Get the hell out of my restaurant is also discrimination. Wheeling a disabled Little boy out of a theater for laughing too loud is ludicrous and discrimination. Was he causing harm or endangering the public? No. Was he running around the theater screaming? No. Was he throwing Milk Duds? No. He was laughing, maybe even shrieking with laughter. So bloody what. So do a million kids and adults a day. If people didn't like it, they should have been given a pass to come back later.

Oh, and I don't think a disabled child screaming "fuck" should be banned from church either. "Suffer the little children," and that's all children, not "perfect" Aryan kids.

Very strange to find such anti-disability sentiments on DU, especially when those sentiments are wrapped in consumer rights and other things.

DEbi, I'm off this thread -- good luck with this guy, and Goddess bless.