the most outrageous persecution since that of the christians by the lions

or

Left Hander's: the forgotten minority

If at some point in your life you have temporarily lost the use of your right hand, you probably found it to be a singularly unpleasant experience. Everything that used to simply work became an obstacle to over come, pen's smeared you hands, guitars were strung backwards, your choice of seating was reduced to only the very end of rows, binder's were simply unusable, doorhandles were on the wrong side, at meal's your drink was on the wrong side and lectur desk's were forged by the fiery hand of lucifer himself.

Then presumably your hand healed and such problems were no longer you concern and you returned to your blissfully carefree life of normality. But for some among such is the purview of our lives. This constant and sinister( 'sinister' comes from the latin word which means 'left') malignment is reinforced by language. A left handed oath is lie, two left feet is a left handed compliment i.e. an insult. While conversely 'Right' is good and 'Right is to the right. To be Adroit is to be skillful and dextrous. Adroit is also the french word for right. This perversion of our language has seeped into the lifes of the blind and dumb as well, raising your right hand means 'brave' and 'powerful'.

The most truly insidious effect of this bias is that it is so pervasive that it is not noticed or remarked upon. If such penalties were imposed on a specific race or gender the public outcry would be enormous and business would be required to cater to them by law. But of the general population only about %10 is aware of this oppresion, and only because they are the %10 of people who are left handed.