Hello quiet achievers
There's so much that could be discussed on the topic of valuing difference
and its transformation and communication by youth culture into "fashion"
via popular cultural (cult) media. It could be cool to be able to identify
as some Manga comic superhero if your social identity relies on the
perception of the people who follow these fashions. I suspect however that
discrimination between the authentic and the staged will occur eg.
Scarification - Kewl
Scarred by accident - Errrrrk
Branding - Kewl
Burned by accident - Errrrk
I am soon to have a basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer) excised from my
forehead. Instead of having stitches I might ask for several gold studs or
would silver look better?
At 11:11 AM 26/07/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>yay larry. gregor you do find the funnies, were they having a joke!!
>
>I certainly can't identify with this renaming of our movement - as ever
>everyone wants to lay a
>claim on us to help reach their goal - with disabled peple there to
>provide the dramatic catalyst -
>so this year its the pro lifers and now the transhumans.. always someone
>ready to describe us and
>lay down the limits - and use our progress to underline their "other"
>point. aanyone got any idea
>if many disabled people are actually a knowing part of the "transhuman"
>community or if they wrote
>this new definition!?
>
>isn't most of their point about "improving and enhancing" humanity - the
>opposite of what disabled
>people are asking for - equality how/whoever we are or however we get by -
>the tools we use are to
>gain our equal status not become extra-human or special.
>
>hate to be so disregarding of anothers beliefs but arent transhumans peole
>who are just really
>insecure about their bodies so they want robotic parts, or want to be
>controlling and superior -
>unlike many of us disabled people - maybe they would just like to think we
>feel that way? cant see
>what we've got in common!
>
>clair 100% human Disabled activist.
>
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