On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:03:56 -0800, The Real Bev >
wrote:

>Peter Aitken wrote:
>>
>> Does it make you feel superior to use the term "gimp?" Are so so lazy that
>> having to park a few extra spaces away because of all the "gimp" spaces
>> really ruins your day?
>
>I disapprove of euphemism. People used to be crippled, then
>handicapped, then (god forbid) differently-abled.

People with disabilities. They/we are, first and foremost, people.

>> Yes, the handicapped permits are misused by some
>> people, but I would much rather that a few people misuse them than someone
>> who really needs them has to go without.
>
>I don't mind when they're used. What really ****es me off is a crowded
>parking lot with a dozen empty gimp spaces. What also ****es me off is
>that medical buildings apparently are required to have no more gimp
>spaces than a department store of similar size.

Gimp spaces. You are pathetic. <plonk>

Carol