General Chat

Caroline .............

yep!!

I really hope that GR also sees it that way,reads the comments here from those who did read the OP, and does not remove the thread.

Thanks for a PM to basically explain the OP.
Sounds like the itchy finger jumped to conclusions again.

Missed the OP......rough idea from above comments but that's all. :-(

maggie ..........

I did realise that it was a "special needs team", that is why I posted as I did ..........

"It might be hard to get that over to someone who himself is special needs!"

I also read the opening post and found nothing distasteful or offensive about it. I thought it was a good subject for discussion. It was about the feelings of children and how these feelings might lead to prejudice.

Without having reference to the OP which I only saw very briefly before it went. It depends on the response to it doesn't it? Did the team captain/coach/parent explain?

As the child has special needs himself then it may need careful explanation that the actions of the other child were not deliberate nor representative of all people who have Downs syndrome. And that winning is not always the point of doing something.

btw there might be several reasons why this was reported I think? One might be that it's about a third party or it might be reported because you are applying the word "prejudice" to a situation which in light of the child's own special needs might be too strong a word?

Do YOU think it was "prejudice" that will stick or just an exasperated comment in the heat of the moment.

Have you ever worked with special needs children?
Some can be be 'straight down the line'.

I read that post and couldn’t decide if It was supposed to be a joke or if it was a genuine story, either way it was quite distasteful and offensive

I'm sure your friends young relation will think differently once the little goal scorer works out where the opposition goal is! :-D

(I read it before it was reported)

Sylvia, I'm sure the little boy who made the comment was also special needs - they were in the same team.

Drat!!!


The RR'er struck while I was typing my response!

stupid person!!

You do not dislike a whole group of people because one person does something wrong, whether as simple as own goals in a football game or killing people.

That is verging on prejudice, and going back to what Downs Syndrome people faced years ago.

One dislikes a person for what they do or have done ................. though one should always be compassionate in cases like this.

It might be hard to get that over to someone who himself is special needs!


That's just my view of life!

My friend's grandson has decided that he does not much like people with Downs Syndrome.

The reason for this is that his special needs football team was in with a very good chance of winning the trophy had the Downs Syndrome boy not kicked in five own goals.