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Jun. 26th, 2009 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dezaSomething that most people don't think about--I know I didn't before this whole physical mess--is that a cane (or wheelchair or any other assistive device) isn't just an object. It's an extension of the person using it.
So, when you snatch your child's hand away from my cane and promptly slather it with sanitizer while saying "You don't know where that thing has been" you aren't just referring to the cane. You're also referring to the person using it.
If my voice were working, I'd have asked to borrow the sanitizer. After all, I have no idea where that baby had been, and he'd been intent on feeling up my stick. Ew.
So, when you snatch your child's hand away from my cane and promptly slather it with sanitizer while saying "You don't know where that thing has been" you aren't just referring to the cane. You're also referring to the person using it.
If my voice were working, I'd have asked to borrow the sanitizer. After all, I have no idea where that baby had been, and he'd been intent on feeling up my stick. Ew.
