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Who Elected Him

grandmoon — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:41:15 GMT

Nick Martin, mayor of UK town of Swindon, calls disabled people ‘mongols’, questions their right to sex life

THE mayor of a UK town has been forced to apologise after he called disabled people “mongols” and questioned whether they should be allowed to have sex with one another.

Nick Martin, mayor of Swindon, was reported by two other councillors when, during a council meeting about the challenges faced by disabled adults in modern society, he commented: “Are we still letting those mongols have sex with each other?”

Mr Martin, a conservative party councillor, initially denied saying anything.

Even though he later admitted to the offensive outburst he said he had only apologised because he “was asked to” by the town council’s standards committee.

Richard Hawkes, chief executive of the UK disabled charity Scope, said Mr Martin had “missed the point” with his apology.

Mr Hawkes said it wasn’t just an issue of “political correctness and using the wrong words”.

“Disturbingly, he has insinuated that there is something wrong with disabled people having sex with each other

“This is about deep-seated, ignorance towards disabled people and a lack of acceptance that disabled people have sex lives, which can be just as fulfilling — or unfulfilling — as anyone else’s.”

Re: Who Elected Him

joz*garage — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:07:20 GMT

i dont get the mongolian racism side of it, theyve got a deep history those people

they were quite the opposite of being disabled!

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:14:06 GMT

Joz, it's a reference to Down Syndrome. The facial features of someone with Down Syndrome is similiar to the facial features of a Mongolian person, so they reckoned. Down Syndrome people were called mongoloids once upon a time

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polksaladallie — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:18:29 GMT

Not really "once upon a time". Less than forty years ago people with Down Syndrome were called mongols. It wasn't a derogatory term.

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joz*garage — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:19:24 GMT

@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:
Joz, it's a reference to Down Syndrome. The facial features of someone with Down Syndrome is similiar to the facial features of a Mongolian person, so they reckoned. Down Syndrome people were called mongoloids once upon a time

you mean like a closely inbreed person too, oh i get it

but personally they look like american indians to me, they were probably related to them too

Re: Who Elected Him

spotweldersfriend — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 04:34:29 GMT

"a conservative party councillor"

Re: Who Elected Him

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:30:06 GMT

I read about this a while ago I think..