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Honsoku -> RE: Damn Lefties... (10/31/2007 10:43:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
My buddy Jim Watt ( a righty but tolerant, and dead now ) used to call joints "left handers"
Y'know I've read though all this, and took it in, but so much of it is superflous. I wonder just how deep this runs, as in a prejudice, or even a bigotry. And I wonder how many people are aware of it.
But of course if you don't wonder about things you don't learn shit.
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It starts there.
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Oh, there certainly is some prejudice or bigotry as with anyone who is "different". Though since being left-handed is difficult to spot, one generally does not experience it directly. It's mostly minor aggravations (like short pen chains), asinine generalizations, with the occasional thing which actually is easier to handle left than right (driver side doors) thrown in. I would say that it runs pretty deep as it is ingrained into the language, product design, and cultural habits. While it may run deep, as far as I can tell there isn't a major chasm in treatment. Although I can't say that I have ever had the experience of someone trying to "fix" me. Nowadays, if anything, lefties tend to be placed on a bit of a pedestal (in the U.S.).
Honsoku
P.S. The original post really was intended to be humorous. I don't actually hate "righty", it isn't anymore than a minor aggravation at most, and there isn't a secret organization planning to take over the world and enslave all you inferior right handed people. Nope. Nada. Not one bit. <whistles innocently>
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