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From: cas@mtdcb.att.com (Clifford A Stevens, Jr)
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Subject: Re: Terminology as a Red Herring
Summary: I agree!
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Date: 4 Sep 90 02:18:13 GMT
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I agree w Jesse.  I think labels are a waste of bits.  I think that
every label society has for us is labeling us by an trivial
characteristic!  So I don't walk very well, why is that important?
I mean, I have dealt and still am dealing w it, so it's important
to me, but why do you care?  And don't give me that BS about
"caring because you want to make my life easier", admit it, people
like helping because they get a "warm fuzzy" (As opposed to a "cold
prickly".) out of it!  *NOONE* helps unless it makes them feel
better!  (At least, they feel they tried!)

So I don't like to use labels, but I recognize society's need to
put us in a special cubbyhole!  So what I do is label them, I refer
to them as the "Uninjured", I know that not all of us are injured,
but I do not like to be labeled!  I've got to admit, the NHIF has a
label that I kind of like!  They call people who have undergone a
head injury a "Survivor".   And I'm sure we could use it, so let's
call *ALL* of us "Survivors"!

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Militant Survivor!
	Cliff Stevens	MT1E228  att!cbnewsj!ncas  (908)671-7292