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<blockquote data-quote="Bluey1" data-source="post: 1929652" data-attributes="member: 36344"><p>I have recently gone onto a pump so it no longer impacts me. After many personal horror experiences (although I live in Australia) I will only inject in a cubical if out and about. </p><p></p><p>Most concerns are linked to illicit drug taking, but as few illicit drugs are injected, most are tablets, liquid or smoked maybe those that object to Diabetics injecting in front of children link that to setting a bad example and enabling children to inject illicit drugs. The logic should therefore extend that they demand all tobacco smokers to quit smoking in public and all vitamins and prescription tablets must be hidden from sight as that may encourage kids to smoke and pop illicit drugs. I'm leaving the health issues of tobacco out of this debate.</p><p></p><p>There are those here that are more than happy to rub peoples nose in it and inject anywhere and everywhere and some even take great delight in causing chaos and mayhem with injecting in public. My view is we are a small minority group and if we upset the majority we will lose a lot of the hard won rights we enjoy. We don't have human rights lawyers and their hangers on lining up to defend us unlike aboriginal and ethnic minorities. Upset enough people and you may find you have to go to special clinics at hospitals, chemists etc to inject and that would be a real issue. There are a lot of ignorant and intolerant people out there however upsetting them will NOT educate them, but put up more resistance and road blocks for diabetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluey1, post: 1929652, member: 36344"] I have recently gone onto a pump so it no longer impacts me. After many personal horror experiences (although I live in Australia) I will only inject in a cubical if out and about. Most concerns are linked to illicit drug taking, but as few illicit drugs are injected, most are tablets, liquid or smoked maybe those that object to Diabetics injecting in front of children link that to setting a bad example and enabling children to inject illicit drugs. The logic should therefore extend that they demand all tobacco smokers to quit smoking in public and all vitamins and prescription tablets must be hidden from sight as that may encourage kids to smoke and pop illicit drugs. I'm leaving the health issues of tobacco out of this debate. There are those here that are more than happy to rub peoples nose in it and inject anywhere and everywhere and some even take great delight in causing chaos and mayhem with injecting in public. My view is we are a small minority group and if we upset the majority we will lose a lot of the hard won rights we enjoy. We don't have human rights lawyers and their hangers on lining up to defend us unlike aboriginal and ethnic minorities. Upset enough people and you may find you have to go to special clinics at hospitals, chemists etc to inject and that would be a real issue. There are a lot of ignorant and intolerant people out there however upsetting them will NOT educate them, but put up more resistance and road blocks for diabetics. [/QUOTE]
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