[Ansteorra] mobility issues

[Linda]

My thought to the whole matter is this person who had the gall to say that
will some day need something like a wheel chair or crutches or what ever
that is (NOT PERIOD) will be in or using something better quit the sca
because this person will (SPOIL THE AMBIANCE) for everyone. In my opinion I
hope this person can get on here and appoligizes to everyone for her badwith
or just leaves and not come back.
Keyna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Zakes" <moondrgn at earthlink.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 7:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra] mobility issues


> At 09:57 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote:
>
> >(snip several good points)
>
> >As far as anyone telling somebody that their wheelchair spoils things for
> >them...Just give me a holler. I don't have any problems dealing with
> >people like that. I've heard of folks that complain about people wearing
> >glasses and having it spoil the ambience, but no one has ever said it to
> >me. I'd love to take mine off and give both of their blurry faces a good
> >talking to.
>
>
> Precisely. It doesn't matter if you're talking about something as simple
as
> glasses, or something elaborate like a powered wheelchair. I don't know of
> *anyone* who, if given a choice between having a disability and not having
> it, would say "no, I like my wheelchair better than walking", or "no, I
> like wearing glasses better than having 20/20 vision."
>
> This isn't a question of ignorance, like the lady who had that great story
> about the Snoopy bedsheet T-tunic, or lack of money (unless you're
> comparing glasses to eye surgery) or SCA traditions and historical
accuracy
> like the discussion of "autocrat" vs "steward". It's a question of
> necessity for the disabled person, to be able to cope with life as best
> they may. That puts it into a far different category from the folks who
> either don't know or don't care about how the SCA is supposed to work.
>
>          -Tivar Moondragon
>
>
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