Originally posted by SteveGIMP:
Can't we all just get along?

Originally posted by SteveGIMP:

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Topic: you happy now, steveGIMP?

No, I'm not happy. I had a "history and physical" appointment today in preparation for surgery in a couple weeks. Basically, that means we drove over an hour each way so I could "take a deep breath", intial page one, sign my name on page two, and pay $3 for a 4 ounce bottle of the surgeon's favorite antibacterial soap. Gas and lunch for the adventure cost me $45. I'm exhausted, my ankles are swollen and sore, and my ass is killing me. And I'm wondering if I'm ever going to be comforable in my chair again.

So, no Rob. I'm not happy. I'm grumpy. Thanks for asking though.

Originally posted by MrSoul:

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Originally posted by ParaDude:
You WERE a victim. Today you are not, quit thinking of yourself that way and perhaps the rest of the world will as well.

Do you think the people who survived the Holocaust or Jim Crow, or the days of illegal abortions, etc... should stop thinking or talking about it?

Sorry, I am a WITNESS and will remain so.

One doesn't stop experiencing the psychological fallout of child abuse simply because you grow up. It is a lifelong task. One thing that helps me is to try to prevent it from happening to other disabled children, and arguing for their lives is one way I can try to do that.

Originally posted by ParaDude:
Again TJ. You were victimized, you are no longer a victim, unless of course you chose to be.

Originally posted by MrSoul:

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Originally posted by SteveGIMP:
Can't we all just get along?

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Originally posted by SteveGIMP:

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Topic: you happy now, steveGIMP?

No, I'm not happy. I had a "history and physical" appointment today in preparation for surgery in a couple weeks. Basically, that means we drove over an hour each way so I could "take a deep breath", intial page one, sign my name on page two, and pay $3 for a 4 ounce bottle of the surgeon's favorite antibacterial soap. Gas and lunch for the adventure cost me $45. I'm exhausted, my ankles are swollen and sore, and my ass is killing me. And I'm wondering if I'm ever going to be comforable in my chair again.

So, no Rob. I'm not happy. I'm grumpy. Thanks for asking though.

Steve, please stop whining. Your problems are NOT the subject of this thread. You are self-absorbed. You need to learn to let these things go. GET OVER YOURSELF. GROW UP. You are a non-walking pity party! How many years have you been a gimp now? And you are still bitching about it? Be careful, or Merry will be all over your ass about whining, you whiner!

Oooopss. Forgot. Merry likes you, so it's okay. Once again, I forgot the Merry rules: If Merry likes you, then you are "venting"... but if Merry hates you, then you are "whining". Even if you are... off-topic!

Never mind, forget I said anything. Go ahead and whine, I mean, vent, to your heart's content. Merry won't say a single negative word to you, and in fact, will say POOR STEVE and wrinkle her nose sympathetically.

Finally figuring out the Merry rules
TJ

Originally posted by MrSoul:

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Originally posted by ParaDude:
Again TJ. You were victimized, you are no longer a victim, unless of course you chose to be.

Yes, I was victimized by Merry, but I am no longer Merry's victim and I choose NOT to be! FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST... :p

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Now, on to far more important matters: Dan, do you folks still have access to hashish in Canada? Nobody here has hash anymore; wondered if that was a global or a local thing? PM me if you want. (Links to articles on the subject welcome!)

Originally posted by ParaDude:
I was spanked as a child...severely. I grew up, I got over it.

Originally posted by ParaDude:
Lots of people go through a trauma growing up, they move on, they grow up, they realize that what happened to them while they grew up help form the person that they are, they also realize that who they become is now up to them.

Originally posted by ParaDude:
I suppose you think that a person who abuses his kids today because he himself was abused as a child can point out that abuse of his youth and use it to excuse (or justify) his actions today.

Originally posted by ParaDude:
You were a victim, you are not being victimized now.

Originally posted by SteveGIMP:
LOL Hook. Line. Sinker.

Originally posted by MrSoul:

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Originally posted by ParaDude:
I was spanked as a child...severely. I grew up, I got over it.

I'm talking about far more than "spanking severely", Dan.

And I only talk about this, on these kinds of threads. I never discuss it IRL except with my therapist and Mrs Soul, and rarely even then.

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Originally posted by ParaDude:
Lots of people go through a trauma growing up, they move on, they grow up, they realize that what happened to them while they grew up help form the person that they are, they also realize that who they become is now up to them.

I am aware of this, but talking about preventing the abuse of disabled children now, which does continue.

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Originally posted by ParaDude:
I suppose you think that a person who abuses his kids today because he himself was abused as a child can point out that abuse of his youth and use it to excuse (or justify) his actions today.

Not my opinion at all. Come on, you know me better than that. (How do you think I got to be such a nonviolent peacenik and won't even eat meat?)

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Originally posted by ParaDude:
You were a victim, you are not being victimized now.

Only by Merry.

Originally posted by SteveGIMP:
LOL Hook. Line. Sinker.

Originally posted by MerryA:
Joy, that is HUD's definition for benefits.

You will find many different definitions of disability within different programs because of criteria requirements.

Most of the advocates I know define someone who has severe disabilities generally as someone who has multiple disabilities that dramatically affect major life activities.

Three questions:

Is anyone with a substantial limitation in a major life activity "severely" disabled?

Do you consider yourself severely disabled?

Are the people who are unable to live independently, with or without appropriate supports, "more severely" disabled?

It seems to me once you get to "severely" there is not much available after it.

someone who has severe disabilities generally as someone who has multiple disabilities that dramatically affect major life activities.

Three questions:

Is anyone with a substantial limitation in a major life activity "severely" disabled?

Do you consider yourself severely disabled?

Are the people who are unable to live independently, with or without appropriate supports, "more severely" disabled?

Originally posted by ParaDude:
Steve is "venting/whining" about something that is going on at this very moment. If Steve was "venting/whining" about all those things that he went through 40 years ago...I'd call him a whiner, and a professional victim.