Comments on: Different http://socyberty.com/sociology/different/ Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:38:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lorrie http://socyberty.com/sociology/different/comment-page-1/#comment-31829 Lorrie Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:23:45 +0000 http://socyberty.com/sociology/different/#comment-31829 Yes, unfortunatly, diffrent has all kinds of faces, good and bad. I never thought I was the type to gock at the diffriences in people but I had a few encounters where I did stop and stare. Once in October, 1998 at a haunted house. One of the people there was missing the bottom part of his body. He walked on his hands and was dressed like a ghost. It took me a moment to realize how efective he was in the setting I saw him in and how much I admired him for doing something I would have not if in his "shoes".<br /> <br /> The second time was when I met on of the great grand kids of the "Lobster Man". He was an atraction in fairs at the turn of the century. This woman also had the hands and feet that looked like pinchers. I snapped out of the stare mode when she wanted to show me pictures of her family. She was proud of her rich history and told me how her great grand dad turned a diffrence and potential handycap into wealth and acceptance.<br /> <br /> You have to admire people who do what they want in life and ignore the way other people precieve their diffrences.<br /> <br /> Thank you for getting my mind to remember those things. Yes, unfortunatly, diffrent has all kinds of faces, good and bad. I never thought I was the type to gock at the diffriences in people but I had a few encounters where I did stop and stare. Once in October, 1998 at a haunted house. One of the people there was missing the bottom part of his body. He walked on his hands and was dressed like a ghost. It took me a moment to realize how efective he was in the setting I saw him in and how much I admired him for doing something I would have not if in his “shoes”.

The second time was when I met on of the great grand kids of the “Lobster Man”. He was an atraction in fairs at the turn of the century. This woman also had the hands and feet that looked like pinchers. I snapped out of the stare mode when she wanted to show me pictures of her family. She was proud of her rich history and told me how her great grand dad turned a diffrence and potential handycap into wealth and acceptance.

You have to admire people who do what they want in life and ignore the way other people precieve their diffrences.

Thank you for getting my mind to remember those things.

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