tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661213178512699086.post366054695717295669..comments2024-03-18T09:14:56.072+00:00Comments on Funky Mango's Musings: Children in Need and Inspiration PornFunky Mangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169019858118418939noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661213178512699086.post-73222628057499244082013-08-10T08:55:02.185+01:002013-08-10T08:55:02.185+01:00Absolutely agree.Absolutely agree.The Box Tickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396419585615027442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661213178512699086.post-27760127066519445082012-11-17T11:31:19.501+00:002012-11-17T11:31:19.501+00:00This! Oh, so much, this!This! Oh, so much, this!DavidGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734028655032503805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661213178512699086.post-35554076545642146162012-11-16T14:35:27.129+00:002012-11-16T14:35:27.129+00:00When, and how, did the pity thing become so embedd...When, and how, did the pity thing become so embedded in the public psyche?<br /><br />I've been chronically sick and disabled all my life and, when I was a kid in Manchester (late 40s, early 50s, in Ardwick, one of the most deprived areas in the country), disabled kids, if not exactly 10 a penny, were relatively common. <br /><br />Having said that, there was a tremendous sense of community, everybody looked out for everyone else's kids, and the kids looked out for each other, including their disabled friends.<br /><br />But as for pity, it was entirely absent (pity is NOT synonymous with caring - pity makes you feel better, not me). <br /><br />It wasn't that people were uncaring - they clearly weren't - but we were accepted for who, and what, we were, not singled out as different.<br /><br />And, looking back over the last few decades, I think if there's any one person responsible for cranking up the pityometer, it's quite possibly Esther Rantzen, though admittedly, it's got completely out of hand since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com