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Re: Note about the above post. » Michael83

Posted by obsidian on December 27, 2007, at 23:22:56

In reply to Note about the above post., posted by Michael83 on December 27, 2007, at 0:34:25

I have seen an example of the aforementioned "ball sack" and yes....it is indeed depressing

but your post made me think of something....

I had a job working with some severely mentally ill folks. They mostly suffered with schizophrenia, and most of them had real difficulty with very basic tasks, like grooming/hygiene. Most of them were chain smokers and were less than impeccably dressed. Well, it was my task to accompany this group to the supermarket, to gather supplies for a meal we would make together, to comparison shop, etc. The supermarket we happened to be in was in a fairly upper middle class neighborhood, and while we stood comparing the price of different brands of peanut butter a woman shopping remarked, "Ugh..you smell like smoke...this is "uppity town" you know...there is another supermarket in the next town", while she glared without shame at my crew and their less than polished presentation. I ignored her as best I could and hoped that most of us didn't notice her. There was no opportunity to explain to this woman what it was that seemed to make these people seem "different", and it was, of course, none of her business...but snap judgment- there it was.
Heading back in the van we all travelled in, I was having a hard time containing the anger I had toward this woman, but I kept it in. Why should she have cared enough to pass judgment on the people she happened to meet in the peanut butter aisle??

and now I am wondering what my point was.....
I guess it is that you just don't know, you can't know, so you can never assume.


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