Yesterday on our local London news I hear that thousands of black cab drivers intend to take to the streets to express their feelings of anger over a convicted murderer being given licence to take 'the knowledge' reqiured to allow him to become a black cab driver.
The man is a paraniod scizophrenic who killed his wife and has been held for 9 years before being given a clean bill of health and has since been released. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8233750.stm Now I have personal experiance with scizophrenia, no not me but a very good friend of mine, and I know that with the proper medicain those who suffer form this illness can and do live more or less ordinary lives. You all know me by now so it should come as no suppries to learn that I feel sorta disgusted by the proposed actions of our cabbies. There is in this country a huge stigma attached to mental health and a lack of understanding of the effects it can have on those who suffer and their families, I wish it was not so as it seems simple to me, you would not protest against a man who had say broken a hand and wished to become a cabbie. It doesn't really supprise me though, I figure that not everybody has encountred those who sufffer. So what do you think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
