#2 2009-02-24 19:30:08
The sad thing is that the kids are usually much more accepting than their parents. Someone should rip that woman's arm off to teach her compassion.
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#3 2009-02-25 09:21:15
Sorry, Bozo the Clown is 100 times more scary.
But it would be cooler if her "disability" was Tourettes.
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#4 2009-02-25 11:29:29
headkicker_girl wrote:
The sad thing is that the kids are usually much more accepting than their parents.
It's true. I remember the first time, in preschool, I ever met a black child. I thought it was remarkable that such people existed (I was a fairly sophisticated child, and obviously over-sheltered). It was adults who encouraged me to shun playing with him, even the teacher, for some reason. Grown-ups suck.
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#5 2009-02-25 12:11:42
Fuckin' bitch freak's disability-intolerance and ignorance-is waaaay more hideous and disfiguring than any missing arm is. When my daughter saw a blind person with a cane for the first time, I told her, look, that lady uses a cane to be her eyes. She totally accepted it. Same with my ex husband's transgender-in-transition landlord and her girlfriend-that Carol was a very brave lady , and had been through a lot, and that Winnie should be extra respectful to her because she had had a hard life. (she actually really has.) No problem. Kids don't have a problem with dumb things like body parts or gender or appearance. What they have a problem understanding is why mommy and daddy scream at each other, or why Santa Claus doesn't bring toys to every child in the world, or why some people don't have enough to eat. Those are the freakish and hideous things in a child's world.
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#6 2009-02-25 12:56:48
icangetyouatoe wrote:
Kids don't have a problem with dumb things like body parts or gender or appearance. What they have a problem understanding is why mommy and daddy scream at each other, or why Santa Claus doesn't bring toys to every child in the world, or why some people don't have enough to eat. Those are the freakish and hideous things in a child's world.
Very nicely put, toe.
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#7 2009-02-25 13:01:59
We have a friend who has one eye, and refuses to wear a patch. He has a little clear lens in the socket, and that's all. My 3 year old adores him.
Kids really don't give a crap.
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#8 2009-02-26 02:14:03
sofaking wrote:
We have a friend who has one eye, and refuses to wear a patch.
WTF? The only cool aspect of losing an eye, and he opts out?
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#9 2009-02-26 09:50:28
square wrote:
sofaking wrote:
We have a friend who has one eye, and refuses to wear a patch.
WTF? The only cool aspect of losing an eye, and he opts out?
Yup.
I was gonna buy him a patch, and his brother told me he would never wear it.
I thought a nice glass eye would be cool, too, but he already has one and he hates it.
He lost it in a badass way, too. In an ATV accident.
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#10 2009-02-26 10:44:21
Wow, like yanked from his head, or stabbed and popped?
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#11 2009-02-26 11:03:46
Bigcat wrote:
Wow, like yanked from his head, or stabbed and popped?
I'm not sure. I've blocked out the description.
He was fucked up in other ways, too (in the accident).
They wanted to amputate his arm, he has a plate in his head, and he's missing a few organs that they had to remove. He's on disability, but he's a master mechanic.
Oh, and he was in 'Nam. He is hard as hell to look at at first, but is the sweetest person ever. He gave me my tortoises and a brand new Rototiller.
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#12 2009-02-26 11:26:32
Anybody that gives tortoises is OK in my book.
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#13 2009-02-26 21:42:49
Especially if by "tortoises," you mean "head."
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