Ok, I feel like putting my $.02 in here.  I don't get
Comedy Central over here either, but hay talk about
making fun of people with disabilities, I do it
naturally.  You know that song "Free Falling" by Tom
Petty?  I actually fall over onto matresses to that
song at camp.


Chester Worwa

--- Betty B <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Rayna, don't you understand that you have a chip on
> your shoulder?  Haven't
> we sufficiently beaten that into your head yet?
>
> I'm a malcontent myself.
>
> In a message dated 2/17/2002 8:21:46 AM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > I find their implication that we are `too
> sensitive' if we are offended
> > by humor that objectifies and demeans us, very
> disturbing.  And even
> > worse, these `comedians' make good money out of
> doing this.
> > Meanwhile, they are unaware (or just don't care)
> that they are
> > perpetuating damaging myths about PWD's that keep
> so many of us from
> > becoming
> > fully-functioning (ie employed, living in our own
> homes, socially
> > active and accepted contributers to society)
> people.
> > These half-wits are PROFITING from their (and
> society's) bigotry and
> > stupidity, and are contributing to our oppression.
> > I feel sick...
> >
> > Rayna
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 11:23:09PM -0500, Magenta
> Raine wrote:
> >     i caught a few minutes of a pb show tonight...
> they actusally warn you
> > don't
> >     watch if you're too sensitive. and then the
> guy comes out and makes
> > joke
> >     about an old lady in a wheelchair with no
> legs, and how he was trying
> > not to
> >     laugh, because he knows that it's not funny,
> but he looked at his pal,
> > and
> >     the pal says, "wonder if she's on standby?"
> that in itself didn't
> > offend me,
> >     what offended me was why he was laughing
> before his pal ever said that.
> >
> >     mag
> >


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