a few people make fun of people with disabilites i. e epilepsy, can i just say try caring for someone in that position for a week then make fun, and lets just hope they dont end up with any disabilites.any one agree.
2007-09-24 04:06:05 · 23 answers · asked by Lynn C 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
my husband was an hgv driver up to 6 years ago when he was diagnosed, its horrible to see him like this but it happens and we cope,you can get epilepsy at any age , so those making fun watch out my husband had never been to doctors in his life and was fit.
2007-09-24 04:16:32 · update #1
I totally agree with you and have such strong opinions on this i have a 11 year old son who has 2 hearing aids and because of his hearing problems has a slight lisp and he has been the target of many a jokes and ridiculed over the way he says his ss you never actually realise how shallow and ignorant people can be and the joker never takes in to account peoples feelings and how it effects others but 1 thing that makes me hold my head up is he may have a disabilitiy of which we deal with but what he has more than any of them is manners and consideration
2007-09-24 04:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by t g 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been caring for my wife for 4 years, since she suffered a stroke leaving her right side hemaplegic with difficulty speaking.
If i thought someone was making fun of her, i would naturally have a go but on saying that i don't think we would get by without a little humour.
Its how its meant, if its being done spitefully its hurtful to both of us, when people meet her for the first time they don't know what she was like before her stroke,beautiful, full of energy,regarded as a milf by a lot of our kids mates.
I think anyone who cant take the time to see beyond the disability to the person is really not worth the time or energy taken to reprimand and, "more to be pitied than scolded".
2007-09-24 04:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by Roggles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
confident, some jokes approximately disabilities could be humorous. there is usually a skinny line between humorous and hurtful/offensive however. provided that disabilities could be a delicate undertaking for some human beings, i think of it rather is wise to be careful to no longer circulate the line and to appreciate your aim audience and not tell jokes to those that're probably to get disillusioned approximately them. Me and my siblings all have disabilities and we sometimes shaggy dog tale approximately them among ourselves, sometimes even utilizing dark humor, yet we in basic terms tell the forms of jokes that all of us understand won't injury and we don't tell them around our mom, who no longer in basic terms would not locate them humorous yet gets somewhat disillusioned if she hears them. Many disability jokes could be humorous, yet i do in contrast to malicious jokes or jokes that are packed with ignorant stereotypes. those at the instant are not in basic terms lame and not humorous, yet I additionally think of it rather is disrespectful to break and disillusioned human beings in basic terms for the sake of attempting to be humorous.
2016-10-05 06:50:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All i would say is i completely agree ,with what you have to say,
in most cases it is shear ignorance ,the trouble is if people don"t understand something ,they will mock & ridicule it!
i have seen epilepsy ,first hand & it is unfortunate, when people have a tendency for uncontrollable fits!
2007-09-24 04:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i must admit some jokes about people with disability's are sick but some are just what they are funny jokes not meant to offend anyone just meant to be a laugh if a midget told a joke about a married couple would people say hes being tallist Ive seen many comedians two of them in wheelchairs and they were that blue and rapid at taking the piss out of people none of us dared move i think its horses for courses if you think they funny laugh if you don't .don't laugh but dont chastise people for laughing its one of the only things this government hasn't put a tax on or banned
2007-09-24 04:18:28 · answer #5 · answered by lyndon n 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think you're taking yourself and these issues far too seriously. Everybody I know with any sort of disability (and any sort of sense of humour) laughs at themselves. We have to, otherwise the world would be a very boring place.
Lighten up and don't take it all so personally... You'll live longer and enjoy this (often hilarious) world a lot more.
2007-09-24 04:20:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I also wish people would think before they spoke.It must be really hard coming to terms with.Good Luck to You & your Husband
2007-09-26 04:01:46 · answer #7 · answered by Ollie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of theories as to why we have jokes and a sense of humour. A common theme is that we tend to laugh at things that might otherwise frighten us and that humour allows us to come to terms with things we might otherwise run away from.
2007-09-24 04:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have suffered from epilepsy for the last 27yrs some of the jokes i have heard about it are really funny.Dont take life so serious,thats what comedy is there for
2007-09-24 04:11:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
It's easier for them to put issues at a distance and treat them as jokes than to deal with the fact that they can happen to anyone. It's a coping mechanism.
Oh, and they're a$$holes.
2007-09-24 04:16:28 · answer #10 · answered by amancalledj 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋