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To: BizzeeMom
Why do people begrudge the disabled their existence?

For two reasons, I suppose. First, the disabled remind people of incapacitation and death, which many worldy people are inordinately afraid of. Secondly, they may feel guilty for not helping the less fortunate.

85 posted on 04/01/2005 8:56:58 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan

An excellent assessment, IMO.


92 posted on 04/01/2005 9:00:21 AM PST by Fudd Fan (MaryJo Kopechne needed an "exit strategy")
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