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<blockquote data-quote="Margi" data-source="post: 202030" data-attributes="member: 30601"><p>It's an interesting viewpoint and one that many people take nowadays. I guess the argument hinges on the definition of words though. For me the term 'diabetic' is simply a short way of saying a 'person who has diabetes', I have never seen it as a descriptor of me as a person, and it has always confused me as to why people do. I'm not saying your view is not perfectly valid and to be respected, just that there are different ways of looking at things. And I have had diabetes for thirty-six years. As I think about it, it occurs to me that I am quite happy to be referred to as <em>'diabetic'</em> but not as <em>'a diabetic'</em>. The latter does sound as if it defines the person, the former is simply descriptive of the condition. I hadn't really thought about it before. Funny how you realise things when you write them down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Margi, post: 202030, member: 30601"] It's an interesting viewpoint and one that many people take nowadays. I guess the argument hinges on the definition of words though. For me the term 'diabetic' is simply a short way of saying a 'person who has diabetes', I have never seen it as a descriptor of me as a person, and it has always confused me as to why people do. I'm not saying your view is not perfectly valid and to be respected, just that there are different ways of looking at things. And I have had diabetes for thirty-six years. As I think about it, it occurs to me that I am quite happy to be referred to as [i]'diabetic'[/i] but not as [i]'a diabetic'[/i]. The latter does sound as if it defines the person, the former is simply descriptive of the condition. I hadn't really thought about it before. Funny how you realise things when you write them down. [/QUOTE]
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