Borderline ... feels like I'm going to lose my mind from Madonna's Immaculate Collection.

Anyway, read the newspaper today and found out about the xiaxue vs handicap toilet scandal. I actually support xiaxue. Why? Seriously speaking, how often do you see handicapped people when you go to the toilet. Of all the gazillion times i have been, ill say 1-2 max. So I am for the stand that if the handicapped person is there, yup thats their toilet. But if nobody who is handicapped is there, i believe that the toilet should be made available to the general public. But of course the general public must keep that particular toilet clean as the 'rightful' users will have difficulty cleaning it if its dirty. But think about it in another way. one handicapped toilet equals 2 normal toilets spaces. Thus, for a small portion of the population, you build only 1 toilet space instead of 2. Is it too much to allow other able-bodied people to use the toilet when there is no handicapped person around? In this way you also utilise the toilet more efficiently. And there are people who clean the toilets etc so handicapped toilets should not have a cleanliness problem. So I don't know why so-and-so had to kick up such a big fuss. Other countries in the world are more handicap friendly I admit, but as our society is progressing to be more gracious, it is also wise for people to be more prudent in their comments. For example, does talking about handicap toilets result in public dismay against the handicapped population? The point here is that there is no malice that targets the handicapped population. Its just a view on how people use the toilet more efficiently. Thus why is so-and-so taking it as a personal attack/insult? I think its a bit too much. But well, that just my point of view.


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