These are the people who deserve our respect… NOT this “motivational speaker” and “preacher” from Oz…
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At present, there’s a brouhaha in Russia over the “evangelist” and pop motivational speaker Nick Vujicic. Don’t let the name fool you… the guy’s an Aussie and an “Evangelical” “preacher”. This is a good time to note that the disabled aren’t above criticism. They’re just like everybody else… for example, Paralympians aren’t “inspirational”… they worked their ass off just as hard as any other athlete does. Disabled folks are “just plain folks”; the sooner that we all realise that, the better off we’ll all be (don’t you dare criticise ramps or special lifts… these folks deserve the same access to things as we do). The fact that he’s disabled doesn’t give Vujicic (or anyone else) a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. He’s just another one of the Looney Tunes “Evangelical” lot, and we’re bonkers if we attend to his cracked message.
Remember, disabled people ARE people… get your minds right and don’t baby them (but do see to it that you accommodate their physical needs… God wills it)…
BMD
Aleksei Zhuravko: Today is the International Day of the Disabled and the Day of the Unknown Soldier
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“Thank you, Gran’pa, for the victory!” A V Zhuravko with the inimitable and gutsy Texas Bentley… two stand-up guys and real mensches.
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Dear friends!
Today is the International Day of the Disabled and the Day of the Unknown Soldier. Yes, today, [the junta] tricks Ukrainian soldiers with names into going to war against their brothers in the Donbass, creating new disabled people! Soldiers and officers of the Ukrainian forces! I, Aleksei Zhuravko, am a Disabled Person (First Group). I dismount from my cart and stand before you on my knees. I ask you, I implore you, I beg you to stop maiming Ukrainians in the name of carrying out your orders. I entreat you to stop shooting at peaceful freedom-loving people in the Donbass… go back home and do something useful; don’t fight us! Don’t augment the ranks of these two “holidays”. Don’t make new invalids, don’t stay “unknown” and voiceless in the Donbass, and don’t allow the thieves in Kiev to wreck our beloved and once-bright Ukraine.
In respect,
Aleksei Zhuravko
3 January 2018
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