There are a number
of my ancestors
who died
in war
to
PROTECT THE
FREEDOMS
WE
ENJOY
HERE
IN THE
US
!
THE
PREMIERE FREEDOM..
FREEDOM
OF
SPEECH!
IN ALL TYPES
OF COMMUNICATIVE
EXPRESSION
IS
WHAT i HONOR
THE MOST
IN EVERY ELEMENT
OF
MY LIFE
NOW..
THAT SO MANY
FOLKS
IN WAR
DIED
AND DIE
FOR
IN THE
GOOD
OLE
US
OF
A
!
effectively representing
IT
as such…
After becoming disabled
from so many disorders..
a shutIN as such..
for
5 YEARS..
My re-entry
into humanity
last
Summer
could not have likely
happened
in countries without
FULL FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION
AND PROTECTION
UNDER THE
ADA..
Americans with Disabilities
ACT..
for reasonable accommodation
to
FULLY PARTICIPATE
IN
AMERICAN CULTURE!
AS
FREE!
Well..
when i dance walk everywhere i go
including stores..
FULLY IN VIEW
in TAI CHI..
Ballet..
reverse
golden spiraling
style
of always looking
wHere
i
am
NOW..
IT IS A
GRACEFUL
DANCE OF FREEDOM..
NOT ONE
TO
DISTURB THE PEACE…
But sure..
it’s something most folks
around here..
in
Patriarchal RED state ways..
are too repressed or oppressed
to ever do
or see..
but
ON
TV
somewhere..
perhaps…
My patriotism
and
FULL APPRECIATION
OF
MY SECOND
COUSIN
DICKIE’S
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
FOR HIS COUNTRY..
NO MATTER WHAT FOLKS
IN CHARGE ARE DOING
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
FOR THE VIETNAM WAR…
IS
HONORED
EVERY TIME
i
FULLY
EXERCISE
MY
AMERICAN FREEDOM
TO EXPRESS MY SELF..
ACCOMMODATE MY DISABILITY
for SPINAL STENOSIS..
CONGENITALLY FUSED
T-6 VERTEBRAE..
AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE
DEGENERATIVE
ARTHRITIS..
TO KEEP MY LEGS FROM
GOING NUMB AND
PAIN FREE..
AND YES..
DANCE AND SONG..
AS MENTIONED TIME AND TIME
AGAIN..
IN THIS BLOG
IS HOW i CONNECT TO GOD..
SO YES..!
SONG AND DANCE
IS
MY
TRUE
STRUCTURED
RELIGION
AS SUCH1!
2
And finally..
being diagnosed
on the Autism Spectrum
at age 47..
with my sensory processing
disorder issue..
movement
stimulates
and grows
the
Cerebellum
neuron connections..
that controls the sensory
integration
processes of human
being
and exercised as such..
balances them
and soothes them as such..
so next time
ya see an autistic child or adult..
spinning..
rocking
or
flapping their hands..
please remember
it is
a
natural accommodation
for their
natural
disability
in life..
to enable themselves
to be free of discomfort
and participate
in
humanity2…
Well..
i think i outlined my
RIGHT TO DANCE
FREELY
IN THE US..
AS PATRIOTIC
EXPRESSION..
OF FULLY
TAKING
THE RIGHTS
OF LIVING
IN
THE
GOOD OLE
US..
THAT MY COUSIN
FREELY
DIED
FOR
!
AND SO MANY OTHERS!
TO
SET
ME AND ALL OTHERS
WHO LIVE HERE
FREE!
And while i appear to be the only
one
taking full advantage
of dancewalking everywhere i go..
i encourage everyone to do the same..
in a peaceful way as i do..
to
FULLY EXPRESS..
AND ENJOY
THE FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION
THAT ALL THOSE FOLKS
DIED
FOR
IN WARS..
TO CONTINUE
TO SECURE FOR US..
SOMETIMES
PROPERLY JUSTIFIED
BY ADMINISTRATION FOLKS..
BUT
SADLY..
DEATH THAT SHOULD
NOT BE REQUIRED AS SACRIFICED
IN WARS
ABOUT MONEY
INSTEAD
OF
FREEDOM
FOR
ALL
US
CITIZENS
IN
RIGHT
OF SUCH..!
THROUGH THE CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
US!
Well..
back to freedom and all of that..
Private stores are required by law
to
allow reasonable accommodation
under the
ADA
and
required by law
to allow folks
to reasonably practice the
customs of their religion
like Muslim head dress
and such as that..
And i doing my
DANCE WALKING
IN APPROXIMATELY
50 STORES
FOR OVER 1400
MILES
NOW..
Since September 2013..
definitely encounter
some folks
trying to dissuade me from doing this..
in snide looks…
and a few store officials that don’t understand
US
rights as such..
for
FULL FREEDOM
OF PARTICIPATING
HERE
AS US
CITIZENS…
Well..
all my roadblocks to be free
are resolved
except for one place..
CORDOVA MALL..
PENSACOLA..FL..
Where on December 21st
2013
the Operations manager
there
told me i could
not do it in areas where folks
were not walking
as
i do it this way anyway..
where crowded areas are..
as to not make anyone too uncomfortable..
in the ‘uncanny’ sense..
if ya will..
in seeing a human doing something..
new they haven’t seen
before…
After that..
i limit my dancing in that mall
to the extreme..
only doing it
in isolated halls
leading outside the store
and areas where hardly anyone
walks..
And last Wednesday..
security tells me
REVERSE WALKING OF ANY KIND
IS TOTALLY
DISALLOWED
NOW
IN THE WHOLE MALL..
Well..
okay..
it’s their mall not mine..
i comply and ask if it is
OK..
just to sway my hips and arms a little.
to make my center of gravity lower at my hips..
instead of structurally compromised
area..
at my spine as such..
and security tells me..
ya’ll have to speak
to mall management
to get authority to sway..
i’m thinking
OMG..!
this is kinda
REALLY CRAZY..!
BUT NEVER THE LESS..
i am a law abiding citizen
so i let him take me to
his leader…
And when i arrive..
i tell the mall manager all
about IT..
kinda like this..
Except at the end i forget to
ask him if i can sway my hips and arms..
in walking in the mall..
i go back quickly and ask that
question that the head of store
security
says..
only MALL MANAGEMENT CAN ANSWER..
AND
THE MALL MANAGER AT FIRST
SAYS YES..
BUT HIS SECURITY
MANAGER..
CONVINCES HIM
TO SAY NO..
Well at this point..
they finally broke my anger point..
and i tell ’em
this is too much..
i may seek legal assistance
from the
provisions provided as such
through
the
ADA
again..
THE
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
ACT..
TO PROTECT FOLKS
IN SITUATIONS
JUST LIKE THIS..
There are plenty of other stores i can
do this in and simply ignore
CORDOVA MALL..
BUT IT AIN’T JUST ABOUT ME..
IT’S ABOUT OTHER FOLKS
WITH SEEMINGLY
INVISIBLE DISABILITIES..
AS YES..!
MY
ATTENTION TO MY ACCOMMODATION..
FOR MY SO CALLED DISABILITY
MAKES ME LOOK
KINDA
LIKE
A
PRO
ATHLETE
NOW…2
AND
yes!
i dont really wanna go to
Cordova Mall anyway..
my wife is permanently disabled
with
a form of Epilepsy where she cannot drive
and i must accompany her where she goes…
The mall manager in
TOTAL EFFECT
IS NOT ONLY TAKING MY
USA
RIGHT
AWAY FOR REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATION
FOR DISABILITY
TO FULLY
PARTICIPATE IN AMERICAN
CULTURE AS SUCH..
HE IS ALSO
TAKING
MY WIFE’S
RIGHT AWAY TO GET THERE
TOO..
WHICH
IS
ENOUGH FOR ME
TO PERHAPS
TRULY
PURSUE THIS FURTHER..
WITH THE LAW
THAT
CAN
ENFORCE
MY
RIGHTS
AS
A
US
CITIZEN..
SO
I SAY THIS..
TO TRULY
HONOR
THOSE WHO DIED FOR US
AS WE CELEBRATE THIS MEMORIAL
DAY..
THE BEST WAY
i THINK TO HONOR THEM..
IS TO ALWAYS
EXERCISE
AND FIGHT
FOR Y0UR FREEDOM
OF
EXPRESSION!
IN THE GOOD
OLE
USA
!
And yes..
finally again..
since Halloween of 2013..
my wife
decides to videotape me
once
again..
PANDA DANCE WALKING
on the River Walk
as such..;)
Yup..
i guess this deserves
ITS
own
poetic post..
more to come on that..
in the next post
but here it is
along with the
last
video
she did of me..
on
HALLOWEEN
2013..:)
what good are our freedoms if we dont use them…and good on you for dancing on…there will always be people that dont understand…and that is ok…its their lives, let them waste it…i def appreciate the sacrifices made to give them to me…and what a cool eagle statue as well….
Thanks Brian for that encouraging response..
After the worst pain known to mankind..
for over 5 years..
the ‘hater’ as such..
or those who cannot understand…
can do whatever..
tHere is an entire world to dance in..
and
Yes..i am free..:)!
and best of all..completely without pain….
but if dance did it..
i too..hope i can encourage someone else
to be this free2…:)!
def. we should never stop fighting for peace – and in this we honor those that did before us – my idea of fighting is def. without weapons – i wish we could learn to respect and talk to each other despite the differences
Yes..i agree..and the only answer for me is to..
Never..ever..Never..ever..give up on communication with any other folks regardless of the differences of being..simply human being..:)!
Wow. … Keep dancing. Keep honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice by living freely. And Enjoy it! – Vivienne, of OneVoicePoetry
Thanks so much Vivienne..i’m gonna be free..and no one can stop me now..have a beautiful day!..and smiles..:)!
I really liked the monument to the soldier known only to God. I saw a lot of such monuments when I was in France & Belgium a couple weeks ago. We really do need to appreciate the sacrifices so many have made for our freedom. And yes, dance on. We all need to dance on as we please, each enjoying his/her own journey.
Mary..i love that monument so much too..as there are so many unsung heroes of country and GOD..while so few in comparison..are lauded for their efforts…
Which is OK..as true warriors of peace and love..needs no praise…have a great day..peace..blessings and most of ALL! FREEDOM TO YA TOO..and of course..smiles..:)2!
Walking backwards is not allowed? I had no idea that was against the rules in some places…. Yes, to remove your liberty in that way is not the kind of freedom I appreciate, not at all. Thank you for educating, for explaining and enlightening. And do, please do, keep on dancing.
Well..it’s so ridiculous it’s almost amusing and an only an issue at the big metro mall..made by the renta cops….and mall management..ignorant as such…
But considering they refused to verbally approve my request to at least sway my hips and arms..there is no doubt as ironic as it may seem..that i am being discriminated against there for my ‘pro athlete’ looks as they cannot see my invisible disability..of pain and numbness in my legs..when i cannot accommodate my disability with TAI CHI..reverse unusual form of dance walking as such…
i suppose they are afraid..that i am a rogue bull that will lose control of my graceful ballet like dance done in peace not strife..and perhaps i will mow a crowd down..like a raging halfback at 222LBS..in a stadium as such…
But i did go back..as after seeing someone my age..when leaving the office of the mall manager..obviously not as robust looking sway their arms completely stretched out..gracefully as i..i did it anyway..when i went back..
And none of the security force harassed/bothered me..but if they do..at any time in the future..for simple swaying my arms and hips forward as such..in a graceful walk..i am gonna make it a legal ISSUE THEN FOR SURE..per my USA rights under the Americans with Disabilities ACT..and being a citizen in general…as it stands…
Whether i look like a pro football player or not..
FREEDOM IS WORTH THE FIGHT…
WHATEVER IT TAKES..
WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE LAW..:)
Good for you – what’s the point in having rights if you cannot assert them?
Thanks! freathewriter..i completely agree.. and plan to continue to assert ALL of them..:)
You speak true, my friend – dance on for sure… Regards Scott http://www.scotthastie.com
Thanks Scott..and yes..i am sure I’m gonna keep dancing everywhere i go..:)
freedom is a consumable – if we don’t protect it, others will consume it. Good for you!
i like those words of Wisdom..billgnc..and will probably quote them in the future..thanks for stopping by2..:)
I was glad you put the pics in !
Dance — the best thing a man can do… and yes I will not visit that mall.. Sometimes I feel the urge to dance as well.. 🙂
Hi..Bjorn..oh yes..how i do love dance..and i’m not giving up on the mall or the management..they haven’t FULLY seen tenacious yeT..at least not from me..:)