Hi Larry,
Glad to see that you still have your sense of humour though.
Re: your last paragraph, like you 'I do not miss the things I never had
(i.e. arms & legs), only fear those which I am in danger of losing'. Does
that mean that we accept our current situation as it is, but if our
impairments (medical conditions) got worse, we would give-up, be defeated,
mourn the loss of our independence? Or - Is that the same kind of fear that
non-disabled people have about disabled people, hence their negative
behaviour towards us? Or - both?
Please keep your reply simple, remember I am not an academic ;-)
Regards.
Rosie.
ps Perhaps you could send me one of your poems.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds" <[log in to unmask]>;
<[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:04 PM
Subject: RE: *New Release* 'Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical
Eugenics' Melinda Tankard Reist
> Well to be honest I do get tied up in linguistical knots cos basically I
> do
> not trust language as an expression of my ideation, thought, intent nor
> philosophy, all language is essentially metaphorical, but some is more
> metaphorical than others.
>
> Having been in a medical based hospital situation today having to decide
> on
> some body mechanics whether I want to let nature take its course or let
> some
> knife merchant keep my hands funtioning as I wish them to, notwithstanding
> the design fault does not allow that.
>
> Yeah this is perhaps the point of sell out, I want my Landrover to keep on
> going, and my hands to continue to have the capacity to deal with it never
> mind Boyle and Thermodynamics. However philosophically speaking when my
> Landie waits on the side of the road devoid of a spark, it is not
> impaired,
> it is still what it is, and if you were to decapitate me tommorow,
> philosophically speaking I would just be funtioning in a different way :)
> Providing food for worms perhaps?
>
> It can be hard living according to ones philosophy, but it underlies my
> construction of this world and I don't miss the things I never had, only
> fear those which I am in danger of losing and therein lies an interesting
> discourse.
>
> Larry
> A failure as a businessman, an asocialite, a worker by force of what I
> believe in (is that voluntary?) Artist, Musician and Poet on an ever
> changing trajectory of physical, mental and moral interface with my own
> and
> others percieved realities.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Rosaleen
>> Moriarty-Simmonds
>> Sent: 20 March 2006 15:12
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: *New Release* 'Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical
>> Eugenics' Melinda Tankard Reist
>>
>>
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>> I understand the point you make.
>>
>> However, generally when referring to my 'Impairment' (Social Model speak
>> rather than Medical Model) or medical condition I would say - "My
>> impairment
>> was caused by the drug thalidomide" - which is (in my view) only
>> marginally
>> shorter and a little less confusing, than describing my impairment as
>> being - "Four limbed phocomelia caused by the drug thalidomide".
>> [Phocomelia: seal like].
>>
>> When I am busy or in a hurry, I type "thalidomide impaired".
>>
>> Further, you would have me say - "I was relatively speaking screwed up by
>> the pharmaceutical industry". All of the people whom I know that have
>> impairments caused by the drug thalidomide, would agree with you,
>> in so far
>> as 'we were screwed by the pharmaceutical industry'. But I
>> personally, am
>> not "... screwed up ..." by the whole situation.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Rosie -- a 45 year-old 'Disabled Woman', a 'Happy Wife', an
>> 'Adoring Mum',
>> a 'Successful Businesswoman', a 'School Governor', a 'Voluntary
>> Worker', an
>> 'Artist', an 'Auther' and a 'Socialite'. I also happen to have an
>> Impairment caused by ... ;-)
>>
>
>
>
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