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shakran · 12-21-2004, 09:44 PM

I think we should be as accomodating as possible to disabled people, but we shoudl not do it to the point that we make everyone else miserable.

The article isn't clear. At the beginning it sounds like the guy was raising all kinds of hell. By the end it sounds like the guy was whispering a prayer. Which is it? If he's being loud and obnoxious then yes, he should be asked to leave. I understand that he cant' help it, but the other 100 people in church can't help it either and they do not deserve to have their service destroyed.

Lemme ask y'all this. If this had happened in an orchestra concert, should he be removed? Obviously the answer is yes. It's a shame he cant' stay for the concert, but he doesn't have the right to ruin the experience for everyone else.

As for why everyone else is apologizing, hell that could be because of the overly politically correct attitude everyone has these days. "You picked on a disabled guy? My god I'm never going to YOUR church again!" is the automatic kneejerk reaction, even though it's bullshit.

And before you guys start yelling at me for being a cold heartless bastard, my brother-in-law is permanently in a wheelchair. One symptom of his condition is that he sometimes chokes and gags loudly on his food. It doesnt' happen all that often, but when it does it's not very pleasant. There's the noise, and then there's the copius amount of drool. When this happens in a restaurant, he pays his check and leaves right away because he realized that even though he is disabled and can't help it, he doesn't have the right to ruin all the other diners' meals just because he wants to be there. He realizes that sometimes life is unfair for some people, and the rest of society shouldn't have to give up everything in order to try and level the playing field.

12-21-2004, 09:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	I think we should be as accomodating as possible to disabled people, but we shoudl not do it to the point that we make everyone else miserable. The article isn't clear. At the beginning it sounds like the guy was raising all kinds of hell. By the end it sounds like the guy was whispering a prayer. Which is it? If he's being loud and obnoxious then yes, he should be asked to leave. I understand that he cant' help it, but the other 100 people in church can't help it either and they do not deserve to have their service destroyed. Lemme ask y'all this. If this had happened in an orchestra concert, should he be removed? Obviously the answer is yes. It's a shame he cant' stay for the concert, but he doesn't have the right to ruin the experience for everyone else. As for why everyone else is apologizing, hell that could be because of the overly politically correct attitude everyone has these days. "You picked on a disabled guy? My god I'm never going to YOUR church again!" is the automatic kneejerk reaction, even though it's bullshit. And before you guys start yelling at me for being a cold heartless bastard, my brother-in-law is permanently in a wheelchair. One symptom of his condition is that he sometimes chokes and gags loudly on his food. It doesnt' happen all that often, but when it does it's not very pleasant. There's the noise, and then there's the copius amount of drool. When this happens in a restaurant, he pays his check and leaves right away because he realized that even though he is disabled and can't help it, he doesn't have the right to ruin all the other diners' meals just because he wants to be there. He realizes that sometimes life is unfair for some people, and the rest of society shouldn't have to give up everything in order to try and level the playing field.