Blunkett barred from Paralympics

[regatta 10]

Just a thought, but everybody could be one punch or accident away from being disabled themselves:(

 

A good thought as well! People who gob off about disabled people should shurrup because it could happen to one of you lot one day.

[mj.scuba 10]

Can we ban him from Sheffield?

[wednesday1 10]

Can we ban him from Sheffield?

 

 

Not a great fan of his, but I'd much rather ban you!

[Scare 10]

What other seat? Do you mean you actually don't know what the words 'blustery gantry' indicate, or are you seeking a more exact description hopefully to reinforce your prejudices against people with physical disabilties?

 

Everyone seems to be missing the point that this is the Paralympics, organised with the sole aim of enabling people with differing abilities to compete. If they can't even accommodate a blind person who uses a dog to enable him to get about in the seat that was reserved for him, they obviously aren't doing a very good job, are they?

 

Let's just leave aside that it happened to be David Blunkett, and concentrate on the bigger issue?

No I do not know what a " blustery gantry is " , never come across the word/s...Why don't you explain what it is? .. And he was offered another seat, it was presumably the blustery gantry one

[Bigthumb 10]

Do we know that he didn't pay for this seat?

 

 

Yes. It was a freebie from Channel 4.

[Bigthumb 10]

What? The whole event is meant for peeps with disability.

 

I had assumed that was just those competing.

 

I can't see why any normal seat would be unsuitable for a guide dog to lie under. They go on buses, attend meetings, go to the theatre, into restaurants, pubs and all sorts of different places and situations. Most of the time, no-one even knows they're there.

 

And he wouldn't have been in an ordinary seating area anyway, would he? I'd be willing to bet he just encountered a badly trained jobsworth, with a chip in his/her shoulder who wanted to make some sort of non-existent political point.

 

That's all very well until someone in an unsuitable seat has an accident and decides to make a fuss because no jobsworth pointed it out.

Edited September 2, 2012 by Bigthumb

[saunaman 10]

Maybe the dog wasn't sporting a corporate logo on its jacket , eg Pedigree Chum , hence the dodgy seats , missed marketing opportunity if you ask me

[southcoast 10]

He a millionaire Tory posing as a socialist. I care for him very little. He should pay his OWN way. I would have him in the bins outside.

 

 

Pity he was ever let into government.

[rubydazzler 11]

No I do not know what a " blustery gantry is " , never come across the word/s...Why don't you explain what it is? .. And he was offered another seat, it was presumably the blustery gantry one

And he took it ... which is what the entire link story is all about.

 

It's hard to believe that you've never come across either of those words, they're hardly obscure, and you can always use an online dictionary to check words you aren't sure about. But here ya go ...

 

blustery

very windy, possibly cold and rainy at the same time.

gantry

a metal frame that supports heavy items, such as tv cameras, lighting rigs.

 

In other words, the 'makeshift' alternative seating was uncomfortable, and in an exposed position. I think in his place, I'd have just gone home straightaway rather than put myself, companion and my dog through 4 hours of misery. But he's obviously made of sterner stuff.

[Scare 10]

And he took it ... which is what the entire link story is all about.

 

It's hard to believe that you've never come across either of those words, they're hardly obscure, and you can always use an online dictionary to check words you aren't sure about. But here ya go ...

 

blustery

very windy, possibly cold and rainy at the same time.

gantry

a metal frame that supports heavy items, such as tv cameras, lighting rigs.

 

In other words, the 'makeshift' alternative seating was uncomfortable, and in an exposed position. I think in his place, I'd have just gone home straightaway rather than put myself, companion and my dog through 4 hours of misery. But he's obviously made of sterner stuff.

Yes now you described it I don't think the gantry would have bothered him and as for the cold well if he wants treating like everyone else then he should have put up with it.

[T 42 10]

And he took it ... which is what the entire link story is all about.

 

It's hard to believe that you've never come across either of those words, they're hardly obscure, and you can always use an online dictionary to check words you aren't sure about. But here ya go ...

 

blustery

very windy, possibly cold and rainy at the same time.

gantry

a metal frame that supports heavy items, such as tv cameras, lighting rigs.

 

In other words, the 'makeshift' alternative seating was uncomfortable, and in an exposed position. I think in his place, I'd have just gone home straightaway rather than put myself, companion and my dog through 4 hours of misery. But he's obviously made of sterner stuff.

 

Whenever I go to rock concerts they have special areas for disabled people. This is usually for a very good reason. It's called safety.

It may well be that there are areas within a stadium that could be very dangerous for a blind person. I'm sure Blunkett would be the first to sue had he fallen down a few flights of concrete steps because he had been allowed into such an unsuitable area.

[mj.scuba 10]

Not a great fan of his, but I'd much rather ban you!

 

Stuck with me I'm afraid.