I was in a nightclub last night and there was a severely disabled middle-aged lady in a Stephen Hawking style wheelchair setup - no movement, drinking from a straw, thumb-controlled motor drive, no speech, no expression of feelings or emotions from her.
It was not clear whether she was physically or mentally disabled, so I said to her carers that if she was mentally disabled she should quite possibly not be here, and certainly be provided with ear protection due to the loud noise, because given her (possible) mental state she might not be aware of the damage the noise is causing her hearing.
The person I spoke to told me to f**** off. Another person in the party thought it was bad for me to "assume" that she was mentally disabled. They gave me some bull about her having as much right to a "free" life as anyone else.
My conclusion from this is that she was quite possibly being abused by these people.
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2007-03-09
23:38:11
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