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Was this really meant to be offensive?
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http:// www.tel egraph. ...n-in -wheelc hairs.h tml
Oh dear, oh dear someone has once again dared to speak without first checking for unintended insensitivities.
Although Ms Currie isn't my favourite person by a long stretch of the imagination, I don't think she meant any harm when she said what she said.
/// One reply, from @mbisace described the comment as "singularly the most offensive thing I have seen on Twitter". ///
If that is so, I wonder how long it will be before the Police arrest Ms Currie?
Oh dear, oh dear someone has once again dared to speak without first checking for unintended insensitivities.
Although Ms Currie isn't my favourite person by a long stretch of the imagination, I don't think she meant any harm when she said what she said.
/// One reply, from @mbisace described the comment as "singularly the most offensive thing I have seen on Twitter". ///
If that is so, I wonder how long it will be before the Police arrest Ms Currie?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.i really don't understand why these famous people make such schoolboy errors in such a public forum. No one is forcing them to put their private musings into the very public twitter domain. It might be the sort of thing i would say to my husband (as a wheelchair user myself) but i'd be embarrassed to let the whole world know who i was lusting after!
Maybe that is Curries opinion. She does not usually find those in wheelchairs attractive. That is her opinion. As for talk about the police arresting her. Lunacy.
I turned down dating a girl in a wheelchair a few years ago, not because I did not find her attractive, but because of the extra work involved in the relationship and it would not work. Many things I liked doing were not suitable for someone in a wheelchair (also where I lived had no wheelchair access at all) and it would have been unfair/impossible on her.
I turned down dating a girl in a wheelchair a few years ago, not because I did not find her attractive, but because of the extra work involved in the relationship and it would not work. Many things I liked doing were not suitable for someone in a wheelchair (also where I lived had no wheelchair access at all) and it would have been unfair/impossible on her.
Not her only controversial comment lately
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15336931
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15336931
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/// As for talk about the police arresting her. Lunacy. ///
That was put in jest, taking into account that someone on Twitter had said ""singularly the most offensive thing I have seen on Twitter".
And since in the past the Police have arrested persons for making offensive comments on Twitter, and since that was the most offensive thing, ...................need I explain any more?
/// As for talk about the police arresting her. Lunacy. ///
That was put in jest, taking into account that someone on Twitter had said ""singularly the most offensive thing I have seen on Twitter".
And since in the past the Police have arrested persons for making offensive comments on Twitter, and since that was the most offensive thing, ...................need I explain any more?
In effect, Edwina was saying;
people in wheelchairs generally don't look attractive or look less attractive than they would walking about.
Hardly the most appropriate sentiment when commenting on the Paralympics but easily done and certainly not intended as offensive.
I quite like Edwina Currie's straight talking style. Like others of her ilk - Clare Short for instance - Edwina didn't last that long in politics, which probably says more about politics than about her.
people in wheelchairs generally don't look attractive or look less attractive than they would walking about.
Hardly the most appropriate sentiment when commenting on the Paralympics but easily done and certainly not intended as offensive.
I quite like Edwina Currie's straight talking style. Like others of her ilk - Clare Short for instance - Edwina didn't last that long in politics, which probably says more about politics than about her.