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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

That is not what you originally said. Your original version of the story was that you drove to the disabled space, parked there and sat in the car waiting whilst your able-bodied passenger who was perfectly capable of walking the distance from a non-disabled parking space went into the shop. This you were depriving a disabled person of a parking space. You continued to insist that you had every right to do that because you have a blue badge. No matter what anyone said to you about the blue badge not being for the benefit of passengers of disabled drivers.



You really should read the responses more carefully because I have not followed any crowd. I have my own personal opinions on this subject just as I have on others and my personal opinion on this topic is that you were being stubborn, self-centred and blinkered. An opinion I still retain.

However, I think you have now realised how your attitude was the one that was anti-disabled and that the people you condemned were the ones who were supportive of disabled people and having realised that you had the choice of holding your hand up and admitting that you were wrong, which would have been an admirable thing and earned you some karma, or of trying to twist your original post by claiming to have meant something quite different to what you'd actually said you chose the latter. I can't help wondering if we still had the edit feature if you would have gone back and changed your original post and then accused people of misinterpreting you.

With the amount of vitriol poured out against Blue Badge holders in this and the other thread, where there was great pontification about moral usage etc. I decided to test the waters, so to speak, to see what the reaction would be. The reaction was exactly as I expected and got. Thus establishing that many able bodied drivers are envious of the privilege that the BB bestows on disabled drivers and if they see a perceived flouting of the BB rules they are up in arms crying foul. They do not, however, castigate able bodied drivers using disabled parking to nip in to the ATM etc. For them it is OK to use a space for a minute because it is only for a minute. Meanwhile a disabled driver has to go round again and again until there is a vacancy.

They see an able bodied person get out of a car showing the BB, parked in a disabled bay and with a disabled person inside and immediately jump to conclusions and probably tut, tut to their friends and neighbours for the rest of the day. There are so many kettles calling the pots black these days. Note that I said many not all.

Me stubborn? Yes I can be when it is necessary. Self-centred? If by that you mean that I look out for my own interests then yes I am but I also look out for those less fortunate than me. Blinkered? I am more aware of what goes on around me than most people but I do not have an opinion about everything.

I have never been anti-disabled and you know it. But why let the truth spoil a pseudo point.

I care not a Tinker’s cuss about Karma. I take the view that this Karma and rep power business is viewed by some people as a badge of office and a sop to their ego.

The thought of going back to alter an original post never entered my head. You seem to have thought of it though. Why is that I wonder. Could it possibly be that you would do just that to prove that you were right after all?

But don’t cast insinuations that I might do such a thing. Because you know diddly squat!