I think a clean bill of mental health should be required of every cabbie. But then, we probably would lose most of our current cabbies.
On Sep 11, 8:25 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
