When you consider that approximately one person in six is left-handed, isn't the fact that almost all manufactured products are made for right-handers a matter of rank discrimination? Most southpaws don't raise a howl about it because they've had to spend their lives adapting.

I don't seriously believe that "handedness" is a decision that a person makes when he or she is just a toddler.

But then, maybe GfS does.

Of course, it could be genetic. (Oh, horrors! Not THAT!!) No, it must be the result of pre-natal stress. You know, forcing the mother-to-be to listen to music. We must, at all cost, prevent pregnant women from ever listening to music of any kind.

(But Mr. Counselor, might that not cause stress?)

"Race, creed, and color." Where does handedness fit into that?

When Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts was told that favoring a particular piece of legislation might make some people angry with him, he responded, "Look, I'm left-handed, I'm Jewish, and I'm gay. How bad can it get!??"

Don Firth