“Alas! I did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity.” – Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Chapter 12. The monster on how his appearance would lead to prejudice, rage and murder.
There are things that I will never laugh at. The handicapped – because there’s nothing funny about them. Or any deformity…At least the little handicapped fella is able minded…or sometimes not – it’s difficult to tell with the wheelchair ones. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
