Comments on: BIID apologist? http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-apologist.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:27:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Sean http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-apologist.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15144 Sean Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:52:08 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=781#comment-15144 Hmmm, Claire, I guess you misread what I wrote, because your comment is exactly what I was intending to say :) I meant 'Making apologies = speaking in defense of'. Does not mean "apologising" in the sense most people know and use. :) Hmmm, Claire, I guess you misread what I wrote, because your comment is exactly what I was intending to say :)

I meant ‘Making apologies = speaking in defense of’. Does not mean “apologising” in the sense most people know and use. :)

]]> By: Claire http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-apologist.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15142 Claire Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:44:22 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=781#comment-15142 Actually, an apologist is not someone who makes apologies. The word comes from the Greek "apologia" meaning "to speak in defense". This reminds me of a story I once read about a Catholic apologist. At a dinner party, someone once asked him what he did for a living. He replied that he was a Catholic apologist. The other man replied "You must be a busy man, the Catholic Church sure has a lot to apologize for!" While that may be the case, the apologist's job wasn't about apologizing for his church, but about speaking in defense of it. The same thing could be said about us, and BIID. I don't apologize for having BIID; that's beyond my control. I will just speak in defense of those who have it, and our right to treatment. Actually, an apologist is not someone who makes apologies. The word comes from the Greek “apologia” meaning “to speak in defense”.

This reminds me of a story I once read about a Catholic apologist. At a dinner party, someone once asked him what he did for a living. He replied that he was a Catholic apologist. The other man replied “You must be a busy man, the Catholic Church sure has a lot to apologize for!” While that may be the case, the apologist’s job wasn’t about apologizing for his church, but about speaking in defense of it.

The same thing could be said about us, and BIID. I don’t apologize for having BIID; that’s beyond my control. I will just speak in defense of those who have it, and our right to treatment.

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