Why should she be ashamed?
I think that she should have equal rights, but I do wonder - they would not hire an ugly man, so why a woman with a missing arm?
I am on a rant today though - I was accused (officially) of discrimination today because my job advert specified that I would only hire people who spoke French and this was unfair on those who did not.
This is from JobCentre+, not just a random nutter either.
They say that specifying a language discriminates against people from other countries.
I want a fucking translator!
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:57,
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i didn't say she should be ashamed
I'm saying she's behaving differently to how I've seen other people deal with similar stuff on TV.
There's a bloke who's missing a hand who's sometimes on Saturday Kitchen and he wears a false plastic hand. I saw him cook several times before I noticed it was a bit shiney.
I just wonder if she's making a point by not wearing one. My gut feeling is that she wants to be famous - very famous indeed.
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rob, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:55,
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Perhaps
it's uncomfortable, and if she manages without it why bother?
I am quite surprised people complain, they'll be moaning about Something Special next too.
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moogy boobles, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:26,
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the chef you speak of is michael caines
he lost his good arm in a car accident and had to learn how to use the other instead. he is jolly good at holding vegetables with the plastic one as he swings his chopper
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:45, Reply)
She was born without the arm, and as a child wasn't made to feel she had to wear one? why change once shes older?
Maybe that chef fella lost his arm? Different strokes for different folks.
I think she should be proud of the way she looks, also I think if people think their kids are going to be scared of her, the first thing they should do is to sit them down and make them watch her. Otherwise theyre going to grow up believing disabled people should be hidden away from view or ashamed of them selves and hid their disabilities.
If she helps breed a sence of tollerence in kids by not being ashamed of her body all power to her
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Jorvic, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:50,
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Maybe it is a little bit of the....
positive discrimination mentioned in the article... the BBC wanting to make it noticable..etc etc
Certainly as mentioned aswell it will help parents talk to the children more about disabilities if its plainly on show.
What gripes me and the missus a little is that they actually have been hiding the missing limb from shot a lot.. behind books etc, which we thought was giving into the people complaining.
But anyway, dont matter who's presenting...the "do you know its springtime" song will be back soon. And i have learn't all the sign language i know from Justin (fav = green frog)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:51, Reply)
Probably never used one
She's had it from birth and seems to cope OK. Good luck to her.
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