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