Absolutely right, you put it in a nutshell, Bobby.  If this idiot
really did understand `the plight and courage of most handicapped
persons' <pause whilst I vomit copiously at such nauseating verbiage>
he would know without a doubt that us `handicapped' do not have chips
on their shoulder, but are justifiably angry and outraged by the way
we have been seriously shortchanged by the world.  We all fight every
day for the right to be treated with dignity and respect, and have to
watch as those who take this treatment for granted have the nerve to
deny us our most basic rights as human beings because we don't conform
to their moronic ideas of what `good little cripples' should be.
People like this seem to fear that if they don't have us to regard as
the `less fortunate' for them to feel superior to, they will be seen
for who they really are, which is clearly not very much at all.

I could go on, but I think my fingers will give out before I say all I
could say on this topic.

Good to see you back on the list Betty, was wondering where you had
got to!

Rayna

On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 05:59:58AM -0500, Bobby Greer wrote:
    As Shakespeare said, "Me thinks thelady(man) protesteth too much." Put a
    simpler way, the writer of the passage you quoted seems to be saying that
    although the writer understands the plight and courage of most "handicapped
    persons"(yeah man, give me a break!), he/she thinks many persons with
    "handicaps" have a chip on their shoulder and ask too much of society. I get
    the definite feeling that this person is hiding a deep resentment toward
    people with disabilities.

    Bobby