Comments on: What to do when you meet a gimp. http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/04/10/what-to-do-when-you-see-a-gimp/ From The Ground Up Thought Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Beth LaMie http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/04/10/what-to-do-when-you-see-a-gimp/#comment-65 Beth LaMie Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:22:07 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-65 And if he sounded like a really cool dude, you might even want to look him up, so to speak. I appreciate that you are giving everyone your perspective on stuff like this cuz we often don't know what to say. Beth And if he sounded like a really cool dude, you might even want to look him up, so to speak.

I appreciate that you are giving everyone your perspective on stuff like this cuz we often don’t know what to say.

Beth

]]> By: Rachel http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/04/10/what-to-do-when-you-see-a-gimp/#comment-67 Rachel Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:06:55 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-67 You make a good point Mark. I don't think the dude is idiotic for reasons you just pointed out. The man in Chicago is just making some sort of association. If we are using the “six degrees of separation” idea, it wouldn't be too unlikely, for me to know or get to know Bob Smith, the blind guy in FL. You make a good point Mark. I don’t think the dude is idiotic for reasons you just pointed out. The man in Chicago is just making some sort of association. If we are using the “six degrees of separation” idea, it wouldn’t be too unlikely, for me to know or get to know Bob Smith, the blind guy in FL.

]]> By: Mark http://www.whynotrachel.com/2008/04/10/what-to-do-when-you-see-a-gimp/#comment-66 Mark Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:37:25 +0000 http://whynotrachel.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-66 As idiotic as this man at the festival was being, his intent, I believe, doesn't highlight the idea that, as a disabled person, you must know all other disabled people. Instead, I think his question gets at, and reinforces, the notion that we all, in some way, think of the world as a very small place. It's what "six degrees of separation" is all about. As idiotic as this man at the festival was being, his intent, I believe, doesn’t highlight the idea that, as a disabled person, you must know all other disabled people. Instead, I think his question gets at, and reinforces, the notion that we all, in some way, think of the world as a very small place. It’s what “six degrees of separation” is all about.

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