On May 31, 6:20*am, Dan Espen > wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > writes:
> > "Danny D" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> On Thu, 30 May 2013 23:25:51 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
>
> >>> No need to invoke the doom monster.
>
> >> I know. Personally, I suspect 90% or so of disability claims are
> >> bogus, but I have no facts to back that up.
>
> >> All I know is that I worked with broken legs, and I never
> >> took a day of disability in my life.
>
> Broken legs heal. *That's not a disability.
>
> >> I can see if you're in a horrible car accident, with brain
> >> damage, etc., or you're paralyzed, but, from my somewhat
> >> naive experience with people, they're (mostly) faking it.
>
> >> Again, I have no data (well, I *do* have the LIRR data, but we
> >> must assume that almost 100% disability figure is an anomaly).
>
> >> I *do* watch everyone who parks in the handicap spots though,
> >> and I probably see 2% to 5% of them actually disabled, although
> >> I fully realize they may simply be violating the spirit of the
> >> agreement when other people use the plates who aren't the
> >> officially disabled person.
>
> Anecdotes are not data.
> When you have a disabled person in the family you can get
> disabled plates. *You don't need to have a disabled person in the car
> to use the plates.
>
> >> For someone to suggest I'm on disability defies reason.
>
> > Aargh! *People like you make my blood boil! *There are plenty of
> > disabilities that aren't obvious. *Some people have a heart problem or
> > something like that which means that they can't walk very far or very fast.
> > People don't have to *look* disabled to be so.
>
> > There are also mental illnesses that render people disabled. *Those people
> > wouldn't likely need the handicapped parking spot unless there are other
> > issues there. *I do know of several people who fall into this category.
> > Their minds just don't work in such a way that allow them to do a job on a
> > consistent basis.
>
> Yep.
>
> Despite DD's other attempts to find out how things work,
> in this case he just want's to believe the worst about people he doesn't
> know.
>
> Makes me wonder why despite his quirks, I've been trying to give him the
> benefit of the doubt.
>
> --
> Dan Espen

>>>>Broken legs heal. That's not a disability. <<<

But thinking that a broken leg is a disability seems more like a real
disability.
That & thinking that a huge % of the population is faking disability.