tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post3460618742281075283..comments2023-10-31T15:14:05.373+00:00Comments on Hagley Road To Ladywood: Some people are seriously appallingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-64590927466032002882010-02-25T20:55:31.317+00:002010-02-25T20:55:31.317+00:00Sometimes I think that there's a Nazi (not in ...Sometimes I think that there's a Nazi (not in strictly political terms) corner in all of us. Luckily, it only comes out in the case of a tiny minority. But when it does it makes me retch.<br /><br />How the fuck can <i>anyone</i> at all act like that and actively walk up to a peaceful disabled person and start on them?<br /><br />I must confess my ignorance. I didn't know the problem was so widespread until I watched Panorama. Credit to Jeremy Vine and all that, but it really turned my day into a miserable one.claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-40983829281787337742010-02-25T16:46:06.471+00:002010-02-25T16:46:06.471+00:00Fear of 'the other' fear of the different,...Fear of 'the other' fear of the different, fear of the unknown.<br /><br />Add to this a hearty dose of ignorance and you have a recipe for disaster.<br /><br />Keep in mind, it is a think from the looks you might get for wearing tight jeans and a bomber jacket and the urge some people have for coming up to you and being disabled and having something extremely different about you.<br /><br />it is like humans are programmed to fear and loath difference. Like a defence mechanism.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.com