What continues to astound me is where these sick people get the clout to change society around them to accomodate their disease.
Sure, sensitive ultra-liberals see them as yet another mechanism to destroy normal society and culture. Parents feel deep guilt, assuming their child's disease was their fault. Priests are them and encourage recruits. But where does all the clout come from?
I can think of at least one other organism that does this.
(steely)